ALEX Lesson Plans

Title: Compare and Contrast Native American Regions
Description:
There are many Native American regions throughout the United States. In this lesson students are given two different Native American regions to research and learn about their geographic region, natural resources, community organization, economy, and belief systems. Students will then create a venn diagram that will allow them to see the similarities and differences in the two assigned regions.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (5) 23: Write informative or explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly. [W.5.2]

Subject: English Language Arts (5), or Social Studies (5), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Compare and Contrast Native American RegionsDescription: There are many Native American regions throughout the United States. In this lesson students are given two different Native American regions to research and learn about their geographic region, natural resources, community organization, economy, and belief systems. Students will then create a venn diagram that will allow them to see the similarities and differences in the two assigned regions.

Title: Oh, The Geographic Features We Can Explore! Using QR Codes and Google Slides
Description:
In this lesson, students will work collaboratively to create a presentation showcasing the various geographic features around the world and use the appropriate academic vocabulary. Students will present their group slide to the class. Students will independently write a compare and contrast paragraph about two geographic features.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 2: Use various technology applications, including word processing and multimedia software.

Subject: Social Studies (3), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Oh, The Geographic Features We Can Explore! Using QR Codes and Google Slides Description: In this lesson, students will work collaboratively to create a presentation showcasing the various geographic features around the world and use the appropriate academic vocabulary. Students will present their group slide to the class. Students will independently write a compare and contrast paragraph about two geographic features.

Title: Fun With Idioms
Description:
This lesson is designed to help students become comfortable with idioms. Students will work closely with idioms to discover meanings and present them to the class. Students will use technology to present the information.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 12: Create a product using digital tools.

Subject: English Language Arts (3), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Fun With IdiomsDescription: This lesson is designed to help students become comfortable with idioms. Students will work closely with idioms to discover meanings and present them to the class. Students will use technology to present the information.

Title: What's the Theme?
Description:
This lesson is a beginning lesson to use to introduce the skill of theme. Students will read two picture books "Ranita, the Frog Princess" and "Frankly, I Never Wanted to Kiss Anybody!" determine the theme for each then compare them in a writing assignment.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 2: Use various technology applications, including word processing and multimedia software.

Subject: English Language Arts (4), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: What's the Theme?Description: This lesson is a beginning lesson to use to introduce the skill of theme. Students will read two picture books "Ranita, the Frog Princess" and "Frankly, I Never Wanted to Kiss Anybody!" determine the theme for each then compare them in a writing assignment.

Title: The Many People of Charlotte's Web
Description:
Students will work together in groups to discuss the different character traits their character displays. After developing many traits, students will collaborate to create a PowerPoint of at least 4 slides with sentences that describe the character displaying these traits throughout the book. After completing the PowerPoint presentations, students will head back to their groups and create a timeline of their character's events throughout the story.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 2: Use various technology applications, including word processing and multimedia software.

Subject: English Language Arts (3), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: The Many People of Charlotte's Web Description: Students will work together in groups to discuss the different character traits their character displays. After developing many traits, students will collaborate to create a PowerPoint of at least 4 slides with sentences that describe the character displaying these traits throughout the book. After completing the PowerPoint presentations, students will head back to their groups and create a timeline of their character's events throughout the story.

Title: Book Boxes: Analyzing Elements of a Story
Description:
In this lesson, students will listen to a read aloud and view a model of the project expected related to the first read aloud. Students will then complete a group project based on a story read as a class. (This can be done as a read aloud or in literature circle groups.) The books used in this particular activity are Bud, Not Buddy and The Watsons go to Birmingham.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 12: Create a product using digital tools.

Subject: English Language Arts (4), or Social Studies (4), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Book Boxes: Analyzing Elements of a StoryDescription: In this lesson, students will listen to a read aloud and view a model of the project expected related to the first read aloud. Students will then complete a group project based on a story read as a class. (This can be done as a read aloud or in literature circle groups.) The books used in this particular activity are Bud, Not Buddy and The Watsons go to Birmingham.

Title: Connect with Coordinates
Description:
Students will be involved in hands-on activities that will help them to learn to locate points on a grid. Students will also learn how to correctly read an ordered pair of numbers. Technology will be implemented through the use of a document camera and a PowerPoint presentation.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 2: Use various technology applications, including word processing and multimedia software.

Subject: Mathematics (3), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Connect with CoordinatesDescription: Students will be involved in hands-on activities that will help them to learn to locate points on a grid. Students will also learn how to correctly read an ordered pair of numbers. Technology will be implemented through the use of a document camera and a PowerPoint presentation.

Title: Are We There Yet?
Description:
In this lesson, students will work collaboratively to solve subtraction word problems. Students will solve distance word problems to find the difference between any 3-digit number and 1,000.
Standard(s): [MA2015] (3) 11: Fluently add and subtract within 1000 using strategies and algorithms based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction. [3-NBT2]

Subject: Mathematics (3 - 4), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Are We There Yet?Description: In this lesson, students will work collaboratively to solve subtraction word problems. Students will solve distance word problems to find the difference between any 3-digit number and 1,000.

Title: Multiplication My Way
Description:
In this lesson, students will explore the US Algorithm Method of multiplication using a unique way of describing it known as the Turtlehead Method. Students will collaboratively work together to complete story problems using the US Algorithm Method of multiplication to solve two-digit by two-digit multiplication problems.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 2: Use various technology applications, including word processing and multimedia software.

Subject: Mathematics (4 - 5), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Multiplication My WayDescription: In this lesson, students will explore the US Algorithm Method of multiplication using a unique way of describing it known as the Turtlehead Method. Students will collaboratively work together to complete story problems using the US Algorithm Method of multiplication to solve two-digit by two-digit multiplication problems.

Title: Nursery Rhyme Word Problems
Description:
In this lesson students will create basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division word problems using common nursery rhymes. Students will distinguish the key elements of word problems and incorporate those elements into a nursery rhyme.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 12: Create a product using digital tools.

Subject: Mathematics (4), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Nursery Rhyme Word ProblemsDescription: In this lesson students will create basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division word problems using common nursery rhymes. Students will distinguish the key elements of word problems and incorporate those elements into a nursery rhyme.

Title: A What? A What? A Quadrilateral
Description:
In this lesson, students will identify the characteristics of a quadrilateral. Students will have a chance categorize quadrilaterals into subgroups such as squares, rhombuses, rectangles, and nonregular quadrilaterals. This lesson using geometric shapes for a hands-on activity and includes a quadrilateral quest via the internet at the end.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 2: Use various technology applications, including word processing and multimedia software.

Subject: Mathematics (3 - 5), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: A What? A What? A QuadrilateralDescription: In this lesson, students will identify the characteristics of a quadrilateral. Students will have a chance categorize quadrilaterals into subgroups such as squares, rhombuses, rectangles, and nonregular quadrilaterals. This lesson using geometric shapes for a hands-on activity and includes a quadrilateral quest via the internet at the end.

Title: Cows on the Clock
Description:
In this lesson students will calculate elapsed time using the storybook Click, Clack Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin. Students will identify the time pasted between two given times in a.m. and p.m.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 12: Create a product using digital tools.

Subject: Mathematics (3 - 4), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Cows on the ClockDescription: In this lesson students will calculate elapsed time using the storybook Click, Clack Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin. Students will identify the time pasted between two given times in a.m. and p.m.

Title: Basic Photo Editing with IrfanView 4.1 (free photo editor)
Description:
Use a free photo editor to learn the following skills: Determine photo size and zoom level Cropping a photograph Resizing a photograph Rotating a photograph- A more precise description and download link for IrfanView can be found in About section of the tutorial, which can be downloaded below.
Standard(s): [TC2] CA2 (9-12) 6: Utilize advanced features of multimedia software, including image, video, and audio editing.

Subject: Technology Education (3 - 12) Title: Basic Photo Editing with IrfanView 4.1 (free photo editor)Description: Use a free photo editor to learn the following skills: Determine photo size and zoom level Cropping a photograph Resizing a photograph Rotating a photograph- A more precise description and download link for IrfanView can be found in About section of the tutorial, which can be downloaded below.

Title: My adventure with Lewis & Clark
Description:
Over the course of five days, students will create a daily journal in the style of Lewis and Clark. At the end of the week, the students will create a video using their Flip cameras recreating their journals.
Standard(s): [SS2010] USS5 (5) 10: Describe political, social, and economic events between 1803 and 1860 that led to the expansion of the territory of the United States, including the War of 1812, the Indian Removal Act, the Texas-Mexican War, the Mexican-American War, and the Gold Rush of 1849.

Subject: Social Studies (5), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: My adventure with Lewis & ClarkDescription: Over the course of five days, students will create a daily journal in the style of Lewis and Clark. At the end of the week, the students will create a video using their Flip cameras recreating their journals.

Title: Are You Down with Describing Nouns?
Description:
This unit is a fun, exciting, and engaging unit that uses many 21st century tools to help students working in collaborative groups understand what an adjective is and how adjective use is vital to making writing interesting. Furthermore, students will use technology to research and explore the use of adjectives in their daily writings, readings, and environment and determine how adjective use can influence consumers.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 12: Create a product using digital tools.

Subject: English Language Arts (3 - 5), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Are You Down with Describing Nouns?Description: This unit is a fun, exciting, and engaging unit that uses many 21st century tools to help students working in collaborative groups understand what an adjective is and how adjective use is vital to making writing interesting. Furthermore, students will use technology to research and explore the use of adjectives in their daily writings, readings, and environment and determine how adjective use can influence consumers.

Title: Give That Character a Voice with Voki!
Description:
This lesson fuses fictional literature with technology through a project-based experience. Students will use the free online resource Voki to bring a fictional character to "life" and deepen their understanding notion of character, character traits, and the importance of character development within stories. They will create an avatar, compose and edit a script, and supplying the voice befitting the character.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (5) 27: With some guidance and support from adults, use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of two pages in a single sitting. [W.5.6]

Subject: English Language Arts (3 - 5), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Give That Character a Voice with Voki!Description: This lesson fuses fictional literature with technology through a project-based experience. Students will use the free online resource Voki to bring a fictional character to "life" and deepen their understanding notion of character, character traits, and the importance of character development within stories. They will create an avatar, compose and edit a script, and supplying the voice befitting the character.

Title: Passport to the Great Wars
Description:
In this unit plan students will be examining the causes, events, and consequences of the First World War. To launch this project students will be create passports that they will use throughout this unit and in the World War II unit. The content for this unit is taught via a layered curriculum document (attached). During the course of this project students may earn passport stamps by mastering content objectives (quizzes, tests, standards based assessments) and completing layered curriculum products (front page news articles, trench diagrams, personalities brainflips cards, quizlet vocabulary, etc.). After examining the causes and events of the war, students will participate in a mock Treaty of Versailles (see ALEX Lesson Plan ID: 31048). Lastly, students will compose a five paragraph essay and answer the unit Driving Question.
Standard(s): [SS2010] WH9 (9) 12: Explain causes and consequences of World War I, including imperialism, militarism, nationalism, and the alliance system.

Subject: Social Studies (9), or Technology Education (K - 5) Title: Passport to the Great WarsDescription: In this unit plan students will be examining the causes, events, and consequences of the First World War. To launch this project students will be create passports that they will use throughout this unit and in the World War II unit. The content for this unit is taught via a layered curriculum document (attached). During the course of this project students may earn passport stamps by mastering content objectives (quizzes, tests, standards based assessments) and completing layered curriculum products (front page news articles, trench diagrams, personalities brainflips cards, quizlet vocabulary, etc.). After examining the causes and events of the war, students will participate in a mock Treaty of Versailles (see ALEX Lesson Plan ID: 31048). Lastly, students will compose a five paragraph essay and answer the unit Driving Question.

Title: What's On Your Plate?
Description:
In today's fast food world, it can be hard to make healthy eating choices. In this lesson, students will learn how they can incorporate healthy eating habits in their daily routines. They will use menus from local restaurant chains and evaluate which items are the healthiest according to what they have previously learned about nutritional facts/information on-line. They will then create a dietary journal on-line about their weekly dietary choices and share with their classmates.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 2: Use various technology applications, including word processing and multimedia software.

Subject: Health (3), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: What's On Your Plate?Description: In today's fast food world, it can be hard to make healthy eating choices. In this lesson, students will learn how they can incorporate healthy eating habits in their daily routines. They will use menus from local restaurant chains and evaluate which items are the healthiest according to what they have previously learned about nutritional facts/information on-line. They will then create a dietary journal on-line about their weekly dietary choices and share with their classmates.

Title: Days of Our Medieval Lives
Description:
This project is designed for a class on block scheduling with class times ranging from 60-96 minutes. Students will be assigned a character in feudal society. Through this character, students will immerse themselves in medieval culture and "live" through various scenarios and historical events. Students will journal daily to chronicle these events and will compile these journal entries and artifacts into a scrapbook. Lastly, students will dress in character and display their scrapbooks and other items that relate to their character in a booth at the Medieval Fair.
Standard(s): [SS2010] WH8 (8) 17: Explain how events and conditions fostered political and economic changes in the late Middle Ages and led to the origins of the Renaissance.

Subject: Social Studies (8), or Technology Education (K - 5) Title: Days of Our Medieval Lives
Description: This project is designed for a class on block scheduling with class times ranging from 60-96 minutes. Students will be assigned a character in feudal society. Through this character, students will immerse themselves in medieval culture and "live" through various scenarios and historical events. Students will journal daily to chronicle these events and will compile these journal entries and artifacts into a scrapbook. Lastly, students will dress in character and display their scrapbooks and other items that relate to their character in a booth at the Medieval Fair.

Title: Zagat's Guide to the Columbian Exchange
Description:
This is a unit plan designed for a class that meets for approximately 60-96 minutes. It is also recommended that this project be used to conclude a unit that covers European exploration and the Columbian Exchange. Students will work collaboratively with a partner to create an "Old World" or "New World" restaurant menu. Old World restaurants must only serve foods that are made with ingredients that can only be found in "Old World" countries and vice versa. In this Students will be required to give the restaurant a historically referenced name and theme and use desktop publishing software to create their menu. Once menus have been produced, students will then orally present the menu to a panel of judges or their peers.
Standard(s): [SS2010] US10 (10) 1: Compare effects of economic, geographic, social, and political conditions before and after European explorations of the fifteenth through seventeenth centuries on Europeans, American colonists, Africans, and indigenous Americans. [A.1.a., A.1.b., A. 1.d., A.1.g., A.1.i.]

Subject: Social Studies (10), or Technology Education (K - 5) Title: Zagat's Guide to the Columbian ExchangeDescription: This is a unit plan designed for a class that meets for approximately 60-96 minutes. It is also recommended that this project be used to conclude a unit that covers European exploration and the Columbian Exchange. Students will work collaboratively with a partner to create an "Old World" or "New World" restaurant menu. Old World restaurants must only serve foods that are made with ingredients that can only be found in "Old World" countries and vice versa. In this Students will be required to give the restaurant a historically referenced name and theme and use desktop publishing software to create their menu. Once menus have been produced, students will then orally present the menu to a panel of judges or their peers.

Title: Constitution Lives
Description:
As part of the study of the Constitution, students will do research on and create a Constitutional scrapbook and multimedia presentation on the Bill of Rights. Students will use various media print resources as well as the Internet to acquire news articles which demonstrate any aspect of the Constitution. Students will then summarize the articles making sure to include their opinion to demonstrate working knowledge of the Constitution and its protections.
Standard(s): [SS2010] USG (12) 3: Analyze major features of the Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights for purposes, organization, functions, and principles, including rule of law, federalism, limited government, popular sovereignty, judicial review, separation of powers, and checks and balances.

Subject: Social Studies (10 - 12), or Technology Education (K - 5) Title: Constitution LivesDescription: As part of the study of the Constitution, students will do research on and create a Constitutional scrapbook and multimedia presentation on the Bill of Rights. Students will use various media print resources as well as the Internet to acquire news articles which demonstrate any aspect of the Constitution. Students will then summarize the articles making sure to include their opinion to demonstrate working knowledge of the Constitution and its protections.

Title: Puzzling Pangaea
Description:
In this lesson students will work collaboratively to research information in order to prove or disprove if a super continent ever existed. Students will create a model of Pangaea to show how their research findings ‘connect' in a puzzle format. Students will conduct a survey to find out their peers opinion of Pangaea and communicate the results in graphs.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 9: Use technology tools to organize, interpret, and display data.

Subject: Mathematics (7), or Credit Recovery Science (5), or Science (6), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Puzzling PangaeaDescription: In this lesson students will work collaboratively to research information in order to prove or disprove if a super continent ever existed. Students will create a model of Pangaea to show how their research findings ‘connect' in a puzzle format. Students will conduct a survey to find out their peers opinion of Pangaea and communicate the results in graphs.

Title: Creating a Prehistoric World
Description:
In the lesson, students will research, create, and present knowledge gained about Prehistoric and Historic Native Americans in Alabama.
This lesson plan is made possible through the ALEX and the U.S. National Park Service Partnership.
Standard(s): [SS2010] GHS (3) 13: Describe prehistoric and historic American Indian cultures, governments, and economics in Alabama. (Alabama)

Subject: Arts Education (4), or Social Studies (3), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Creating a Prehistoric WorldDescription: In the lesson, students will research, create, and present knowledge gained about Prehistoric and Historic Native Americans in Alabama.
This lesson plan is made possible through the ALEX and the U.S. National Park Service Partnership.

Title: The Day We Ate Donuts
Description:
Introduce students to scientific inquiry using nutrition as the guideline. This lesson provides a hands-on way for students to experience the effects of different nutrition choices.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 9: Use technology tools to organize, interpret, and display data.

Subject: Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: The Day We Ate DonutsDescription: Introduce students to scientific inquiry using nutrition as the guideline. This lesson provides a hands-on way for students to experience the effects of different nutrition choices.

Title: The Evidence of Chemistry
Description:
The students will learn to identify evidence that a chemical reaction has taken place. They will use the Internet to research evidence and find examples. They will look around their school and neighborhood for examples. They will perform experiments in the science lab. The students will make a podcast, slideshow presentation, or a digital story board to show the types of evidence they collected and examples of each.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 12: Create a product using digital tools.

Subject: English Language Arts (5), or Credit Recovery Science (5), or Science (5), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: The Evidence of ChemistryDescription: The students will learn to identify evidence that a chemical reaction has taken place. They will use the Internet to research evidence and find examples. They will look around their school and neighborhood for examples. They will perform experiments in the science lab. The students will make a podcast, slideshow presentation, or a digital story board to show the types of evidence they collected and examples of each.

Title: "My Three Words" vodcast compilation or series
Description:
Students create vodcasts that use the format of the Good Morning America feature "My Three Words". This works well as a culminating activity for a unit or a technology-based project. In groups, students select a three word phrase to communicate a specific topic/idea, then create a storyboard and choose appropriate multimedia elements to best express their chosen phrase. They use a variety of software applications to find or create images and produce a video file.
Standard(s): [TC2] (6-8) 14: Use digital tools to generate new ideas, products, or processes.

Subject: Technology Education (3 - 8) Title: "My Three Words" vodcast compilation or seriesDescription: Students create vodcasts that use the format of the Good Morning America feature "My Three Words". This works well as a culminating activity for a unit or a technology-based project. In groups, students select a three word phrase to communicate a specific topic/idea, then create a storyboard and choose appropriate multimedia elements to best express their chosen phrase. They use a variety of software applications to find or create images and produce a video file.

Title: Touch and Feel: Plant Adaptations
Description:
This introductory lesson centers on getting hands-on before getting drug into the vocabulary and nomenclature. In cooperative learning groups students will describe leaves in simple terms. Then, students will use various resources for specific identification of leaves.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 8: Collect information from a variety of digital sources.

Subject: Credit Recovery Science (4), or Science (3), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Touch and Feel: Plant AdaptationsDescription: This introductory lesson centers on getting hands-on before getting drug into the vocabulary and nomenclature. In cooperative learning groups students will describe leaves in simple terms. Then, students will use various resources for specific identification of leaves.

Title: Topography of Fruit
Description:
This is an attempt to help students understand contour lines in map-making through the vector of digital photography. This hands-on activity will create an art piece out of fruit that will be analyzed to create topographic maps.
Standard(s): [SS2010] USS5 (5) 1: Locate on a map physical features that impacted the exploration and settlement of the Americas, including ocean currents, prevailing winds, large forests, major rivers, and significant mountain ranges.

Subject: Arts Education (3), or Social Studies (3 - 5), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Topography of FruitDescription: This is an attempt to help students understand contour lines in map-making through the vector of digital photography. This hands-on activity will create an art piece out of fruit that will be analyzed to create topographic maps.

Title: Race for Life: Plant Adaptations
Description:
This is an outdoors, hands-on activity. Create a short race course to engage students in physical activity while drawing comparisons to the plant kingdom. This activity serves as an introductory to the impact small changes can have on the ability of a plant to compete for sunlight, soil, and water. Each race serves as an analogy to a specific type of adaptation.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 9: Use technology tools to organize, interpret, and display data.

Subject: Physical Education (4), or Credit Recovery Science (4), or Science (3), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Race for Life: Plant AdaptationsDescription: This is an outdoors, hands-on activity. Create a short race course to engage students in physical activity while drawing comparisons to the plant kingdom. This activity serves as an introductory to the impact small changes can have on the ability of a plant to compete for sunlight, soil, and water. Each race serves as an analogy to a specific type of adaptation.

Title: Weight vs. Capacity
Description:
This lesson will introduce students to measuring weight, mass, volume, and capacity using metric and cutomary units.
This lesson plan was created by exemplary Alabama Math Teachers through the AMSTI project.
Standard(s): [MA2015] (5) 19: Make a line plot to display a data set of measurements in fractions of a unit (1/2, 1/4, 1/8).
Use operations on fractions for this grade to solve problems involving information presented in line plots. [5-MD2]

Title: Surviving in the World!
Description:
After learning about the survival traits of the chameleon, students will work in groups to research the survival traits of other animals on the Internet and will create a slide show using the collected information to share with the class.This lesson plan was created as a result of the Girls Engaged in Math and Science University, GEMS-U Project.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 2: Use various technology applications, including word processing and multimedia software.

Subject: Credit Recovery Science (1), or Science (3), or Technology Education (K - 5) Title: Surviving in the World!Description: After learning about the survival traits of the chameleon, students will work in groups to research the survival traits of other animals on the Internet and will create a slide show using the collected information to share with the class.This lesson plan was created as a result of the Girls Engaged in Math and Science University, GEMS-U Project.

Title: Wired for Learning
Description:
As part of a unit on electrical circuits, students will work in collaborative groups to create a video of how to construct parallel and series circuits. This lesson plan was created as a result of the Girls Engaged in Math and Science University, GEMS-U Project.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 12: Create a product using digital tools.

Subject: Credit Recovery Science (4), or Science (4), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Wired for LearningDescription: As part of a unit on electrical circuits, students will work in collaborative groups to create a video of how to construct parallel and series circuits. This lesson plan was created as a result of the Girls Engaged in Math and Science University, GEMS-U Project.

Title: A Time To Travel!
Description:
Students will research how transportation has changed throughout the years. Students will construct a timeline of transportation through the years.
Standard(s): [SS2010] ALA (4) 16: Determine the impact of population growth on cities, major road systems, demographics, natural resources, and the natural environment of Alabama during the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.

Subject: Mathematics (3 - 4), or Social Studies (4), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: A Time To Travel!Description: Students will research how transportation has changed throughout the years. Students will construct a timeline of transportation through the years.

Title: Time Flies By!
Description:
Students will review time by representing given times on their classroom clock. They will then work individually or with a partner to explore elapsed time problems using a clock and interactive software.
This lesson plan was created by exemplary Alabama Math Teachers through the AMSTI project.
Standard(s): [MA2015] (4) 20: Use the four operations to solve word problems involving distances, intervals of time, liquid volumes, masses of objects, and money, including problems involving simple fractions or decimals, and problems that require expressing measurements given in a larger unit in terms of a smaller unit. Represent measurement quantities using diagrams such as number line diagrams that feature a measurement scale. [4-MD2]

Subject: Mathematics (3 - 4), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Time Flies By!Description: Students will review time by representing given times on their classroom clock. They will then work individually or with a partner to explore elapsed time problems using a clock and interactive software.
This lesson plan was created by exemplary Alabama Math Teachers through the AMSTI project.

Title: Math at Dinner!
Description:
Each group of students will use word processing software to create a restaurant menu complete with food titles and prices. Groups will then exchange menus and use the menus to order a meal. Each student will total their meal, add 10% sales tax, 15% gratuity and figure their change from $20.00.
This lesson plan was created as a result of the Girls Engaged in Math and Science University, GEMS-U Project.
Standard(s): [MA2015] (4) 20: Use the four operations to solve word problems involving distances, intervals of time, liquid volumes, masses of objects, and money, including problems involving simple fractions or decimals, and problems that require expressing measurements given in a larger unit in terms of a smaller unit. Represent measurement quantities using diagrams such as number line diagrams that feature a measurement scale. [4-MD2]

Subject: Mathematics (4), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Math at Dinner!Description: Each group of students will use word processing software to create a restaurant menu complete with food titles and prices. Groups will then exchange menus and use the menus to order a meal. Each student will total their meal, add 10% sales tax, 15% gratuity and figure their change from $20.00.
This lesson plan was created as a result of the Girls Engaged in Math and Science University, GEMS-U Project.

Title: And the Point Is???
Description:
Students will identify and describe the parts of a coordinate grid. Students will explain how to find and graph ordered pairs on a coordinate grid. Using a word processing program, students will create a coordinate grid activity sheet.This lesson plan was created as a result of the Girls Engaged in Math and Science University, GEMS-U Project.
Standard(s): [MA2015] (5) 24: Represent real-world and mathematical problems by graphing points in the first quadrant of the coordinate plane, and interpret coordinate values of points in the context of the situation. [5-G2]

Subject: Mathematics (5), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: And the Point Is???Description: Students will identify and describe the parts of a coordinate grid. Students will explain how to find and graph ordered pairs on a coordinate grid. Using a word processing program, students will create a coordinate grid activity sheet.This lesson plan was created as a result of the Girls Engaged in Math and Science University, GEMS-U Project.

Title: PowerPoint for Beginners - A Show About Me
Description:
Students will use multimedia products to create and present "A Show About Me" to the class. The students will learn how to use PowerPoint software to create a 5-slide slideshow and use this to give an oral presentation with PowerPoint as their visual aid.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 2: Use various technology applications, including word processing and multimedia software.

Subject: Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: PowerPoint for Beginners - A Show About MeDescription: Students will use multimedia products to create and present "A Show About Me" to the class. The students will learn how to use PowerPoint software to create a 5-slide slideshow and use this to give an oral presentation with PowerPoint as their visual aid.

Title: Explorers Come to America (Activboard and related software suggested)
Description:
This lesson gives a brief overview of the fact that America had to be discovered.
It also provides an introduction to each of the explorers who are given credit for exploring the American continent between 1492 and 1542.
Standard(s): [SS2010] USS5 (5) 4: Determine the economic and cultural impact of European exploration during the Age of Discovery upon European society and American Indians.

Subject: Arts Education (5), or Social Studies (5), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Explorers Come to America (Activboard and related software suggested)Description: This lesson gives a brief overview of the fact that America had to be discovered.
It also provides an introduction to each of the explorers who are given credit for exploring the American continent between 1492 and 1542.

Title: Aunt Chip and the Triple Creek Dam Affair by Patricia Pollaco
Description:
In this lesson, students will read and summarize the book by pages. After publishing, students will use their slides as sequencing exercises. This lesson plan can be adapted for any grade level or book.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 12: Create a product using digital tools.

Subject: English Language Arts (4), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Aunt Chip and the Triple Creek Dam Affair by Patricia PollacoDescription: In this lesson, students will read and summarize the book by pages. After publishing, students will use their slides as sequencing exercises. This lesson plan can be adapted for any grade level or book.

Title: Aunt Chip and the Triple Creek Dam Affair by Patricia Pollaco Summarizing, Sequencing and Publishing
Description:
In this lesson, students will read and summarize the book by pages. After publishing, students will use their slides as sequencing exercises. This lesson plan can be adapted for any grade level or book.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 2: Use various technology applications, including word processing and multimedia software.

Title: Who Am I? Learning With Biographies
Description:
Students often have difficulty differentiating between genres of books in the library media center. During this lesson, students learn to identify a biography and understand the types of information included in this genre. Students will have the opportunity to complete and present a multimedia autobiography, then research a notable person and complete a project describing that person's achievements.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 12: Create a product using digital tools.

Subject: English Language Arts (3), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Who Am I? Learning With BiographiesDescription: Students often have difficulty differentiating between genres of books in the library media center. During this lesson, students learn to identify a biography and understand the types of information included in this genre. Students will have the opportunity to complete and present a multimedia autobiography, then research a notable person and complete a project describing that person's achievements.

Title: From Weeds to Worms
Description:
The purpose of this lesson is to guide students in researching and discovering the importance of the interdependence of living and nonliving things in an ecosystem. Students utilize technology independently and cooperatively to establish requirements for conducting experiments.
Standard(s): [S1] (5) 9: Describe the relationship of populations within a habitat to various communities and ecosystems.

Subject: English Language Arts (5), or Credit Recovery Science (5), or Science (5), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: From Weeds to WormsDescription: The purpose of this lesson is to guide students in researching and discovering the importance of the interdependence of living and nonliving things in an ecosystem. Students utilize technology independently and cooperatively to establish requirements for conducting experiments.

Title: Famous Alabamians
Description:
In this lesson, students will use print and non-print reference sources to examine the lives of famous Alabamians and their contributions to our society.
Standard(s): [SS2010] ALA (4) 15: Identify major world events that influenced Alabama since 1950, including the Korean Conflict, the Cold War, the Vietnam War, the Persian Gulf War, and the War on Terrorism.

Subject: Information Literacy (K - 12), or Social Studies (4), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Famous AlabamiansDescription: In this lesson, students will use print and non-print reference sources to examine the lives of famous Alabamians and their contributions to our society.

Title: Colonial Network News: Ben Franklin Flies a Kite
Description:
The students will create a news program about Benjamin Franklin and life in colonial times. The students will work in groups of complete research and prepare a video presentation. Students will utilize books and various web sites to complete their research.
Standard(s): [SS2010] USS5 (5) 5: Explain the early colonization of North America and reasons for settlement in the Northern, Middle, and Southern colonies, including geographic features, landforms, and differences in climate among the colonies.

Subject: Social Studies (5), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Colonial Network News: Ben Franklin Flies a KiteDescription: The students will create a news program about Benjamin Franklin and life in colonial times. The students will work in groups of complete research and prepare a video presentation. Students will utilize books and various web sites to complete their research.

Title: Animal Studies
Description:
This was a collaborative effort between Melanie George and Connie Roan. Students will work in collaborative groups and investigate animal characteristics, their habitats and basic needs using the Internet and library. They will then make a power point presentation of their animals to educate the rest of the class.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 8: Collect information from a variety of digital sources.

Subject: English Language Arts (3), or Credit Recovery Science (3), or Science (3), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Animal StudiesDescription: This was a collaborative effort between Melanie George and Connie Roan. Students will work in collaborative groups and investigate animal characteristics, their habitats and basic needs using the Internet and library. They will then make a power point presentation of their animals to educate the rest of the class.

Title: Mystery Writing with Alfred Hitchcock
Description:
During this lesson students will explore the life of Alfred Hitchcock by navigating the Internet. Students will learn about the mysteries involved in his films and become mystery writers themselves.
Standard(s):

Subject: English Language Arts (4), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Mystery Writing with Alfred HitchcockDescription: During this lesson students will explore the life of Alfred Hitchcock by navigating the Internet. Students will learn about the mysteries involved in his films and become mystery writers themselves.

Title: Life in Colonial America
Description:
This lesson presents an explanation about who the early colonists were and why they came to America. Students will explore their lives and the economy by navigating the Internet. Students will conclude the lesson by completing a WebQuest about colonial life.
Standard(s): [SS2010] USS5 (5) 6: Describe colonial economic life and labor systems in the Americas.

Subject: Social Studies (5), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Life in Colonial AmericaDescription: This lesson presents an explanation about who the early colonists were and why they came to America. Students will explore their lives and the economy by navigating the Internet. Students will conclude the lesson by completing a WebQuest about colonial life.

Title: Stop The Bullying
Description:
During this lesson, students start to recognize the different types of bullying, causes, and ways of dealing with it. Through literature and the Internet, students learn how to handle bullying. Students will develop presentations to teach other how to handle bullying.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 8: Collect information from a variety of digital sources.

Subject: Character Education (K - 12), or English Language Arts (3 - 4), or Technology Education (K - 5) Title: Stop The BullyingDescription: During this lesson, students start to recognize the different types of bullying, causes, and ways of dealing with it. Through literature and the Internet, students learn how to handle bullying. Students will develop presentations to teach other how to handle bullying.

Title: Animals with Backbones
Description:
Students will learn about animals with backbones and then create a slideshow presentation that shows the characteristics of the different groups of vertebrates. They will also create a brochure explaining how a specific animal is adapted to survive in a particular environment.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 10: Use digital environments to collaborate and communicate.

Subject: Credit Recovery Science (4 - 5), or Science (4), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Animals with BackbonesDescription: Students will learn about animals with backbones and then create a slideshow presentation that shows the characteristics of the different groups of vertebrates. They will also create a brochure explaining how a specific animal is adapted to survive in a particular environment.

Title: Leap Into The Life Cycle Of a Frog
Description:
During this lesson students explore the life cycle of a frog. They will raise frogs in the classroom from tadpoles and document and describe each stage of the life cycle.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 10: Use digital environments to collaborate and communicate.

Subject: Credit Recovery Science (4 - 5), or Science (3), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Leap Into The Life Cycle Of a FrogDescription: During this lesson students explore the life cycle of a frog. They will raise frogs in the classroom from tadpoles and document and describe each stage of the life cycle.

Title: Montgomery Field Trip Tour Book
Description:
During this lesson, students explore the functions of our government through the Internet, slideshow presentations, and by visiting Alabama's capital city of Montgomery. Students will use their field trip as a guide to create a tour book of the government in Montgomery.
Standard(s): [SS2010] ALA (4) 14: Analyze the modern Civil Rights Movement to determine the social, political, and economic impact on Alabama.

Subject: English Language Arts (3 - 4), or Social Studies (4), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Montgomery Field Trip Tour BookDescription: During this lesson, students explore the functions of our government through the Internet, slideshow presentations, and by visiting Alabama's capital city of Montgomery. Students will use their field trip as a guide to create a tour book of the government in Montgomery.

Title: Collaborative Project on the Civil War
Description:
During this lesson two or more schools will work together using distance learning to investigate and share their community's involvement in the Civil War.
Standard(s): [SS2010] ALA (4) 8: Explain Alabama's economic and military role during the Civil War.

Subject: Social Studies (4), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Collaborative Project on the Civil WarDescription: During this lesson two or more schools will work together using distance learning to investigate and share their community's involvement in the Civil War.

Title: A Divided Nation
Description:
Students will explore the sectional differences between the North and the South that ultimately led to the southern secession. Students will learn what is meant by secession and which states seceded, the country they formed, its capital, and whom they elected president. Students will create a PowerPoint Presentation, a brochure, and possibly a newsletter using computer software presenting information they have learned.
Standard(s): [SS2010] USS5 (5) 11: Identify causes of the Civil War, including states' rights and the issue of slavery.

Subject: Social Studies (4 - 5), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: A Divided NationDescription: Students will explore the sectional differences between the North and the South that ultimately led to the southern secession. Students will learn what is meant by secession and which states seceded, the country they formed, its capital, and whom they elected president. Students will create a PowerPoint Presentation, a brochure, and possibly a newsletter using computer software presenting information they have learned.

Title: Shoals Area Landmarks and Sites of Interest
Description:
In this lesson students choose a local landmark or site located in the Shoals area and research that site's contribution to history. Students demonstrate their knowledge of a specific Shoals area landmark or site by creating various presentations showing why these landmarks and sites attract people from all over the world.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 12: Create a product using digital tools.

Subject: English Language Arts (4), or Information Literacy (K - 12), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Shoals Area Landmarks and Sites of InterestDescription: In this lesson students choose a local landmark or site located in the Shoals area and research that site's contribution to history. Students demonstrate their knowledge of a specific Shoals area landmark or site by creating various presentations showing why these landmarks and sites attract people from all over the world.

Title: Quest for The Rajah's Rice
Description:
After reading The Rajah's Rice, a mathematical folktale by Dave Barry, students will complete a WebQuest. The WebQuest includes a compare/contrast activity, a recipe activity, and opportunities for more extensions related to the story.
Standard(s): [MA2015] (4) 14: Understand a fraction a/b with a > 1 as a sum of fractions 1/b. [4-NF3]

Subject: Mathematics (3 - 4), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Quest for The Rajah's RiceDescription: After reading The Rajah's Rice, a mathematical folktale by Dave Barry, students will complete a WebQuest. The WebQuest includes a compare/contrast activity, a recipe activity, and opportunities for more extensions related to the story.

Title: Savvy Story Structure
Description:
During this lesson, students learn to actively engage in reading by becoming more familiar with the elements of a story. Students will be required to think at a higher level and will enhance their understanding of selected passages and stories. Students should also begin to relate stories to their own lives.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 8: Collect information from a variety of digital sources.

Subject: English Language Arts (3), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Savvy Story StructureDescription: During this lesson, students learn to actively engage in reading by becoming more familiar with the elements of a story. Students will be required to think at a higher level and will enhance their understanding of selected passages and stories. Students should also begin to relate stories to their own lives.

Title: "Twenty Questions" History Virtual Fieldtrip
Description:
During this lesson, students engage in a virtual game of "Twenty Questions" with another class. They will utilize textbooks, trade books, the Alabama Virtual Library, and other Internet sites for reference. Each team (class) will be assigned ten historical figures from the American Revolution. The identities remain hidden from the other team. Students also have the opportunity to investigate the appropriate dress of each figure and then dress ten students accordingly. Students will make a list of important events and dates in the persons’ lives to use as reference during the game.
Standard(s): [SS2010] USS5 (5) 8: Identify major events of the American Revolution, including the battles of Lexington and Concord, Bunker Hill, Saratoga, and Yorktown.

Subject: English Language Arts (5), or Social Studies (5), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: "Twenty Questions" History Virtual FieldtripDescription: During this lesson, students engage in a virtual game of "Twenty Questions" with another class. They will utilize textbooks, trade books, the Alabama Virtual Library, and other Internet sites for reference. Each team (class) will be assigned ten historical figures from the American Revolution. The identities remain hidden from the other team. Students also have the opportunity to investigate the appropriate dress of each figure and then dress ten students accordingly. Students will make a list of important events and dates in the persons’ lives to use as reference during the game.

Title: Where Am I?
Description:
During this lesson students explore the 50 states through the Internet. Students discover important facts and information by navigating the World Wide Web.
Standard(s): [SS2010] USS5 (5) 3: Distinguish differences among major American Indian cultures in North America according to geographic region, natural resources, community organization, economy, and belief systems.

Subject: Social Studies (3 - 5), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Where Am I?Description: During this lesson students explore the 50 states through the Internet. Students discover important facts and information by navigating the World Wide Web.

Title: Preparing for Natural Disasters
Description:
This social studies lesson provides information and safety tips for different natural disasters. It integrates technology, writing, and art activities. The included slideshow may be presented to the whole group, or students may navigate it independently or in small groups.
Standard(s): [SS2010] GHS (3) 9: Identify ways to prepare for natural disasters.

Subject: English Language Arts (3), or Social Studies (3), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Preparing for Natural DisastersDescription: This social studies lesson provides information and safety tips for different natural disasters. It integrates technology, writing, and art activities. The included slideshow may be presented to the whole group, or students may navigate it independently or in small groups.

Title: What Do You See When You Look in the Mirror? Examining Character Motivation
Description:
During this unit, students will ask “Why do we do what we do?” They will read different novels to analyze character motivation. Throughout the unit they will debate whether they think characters made smart choices and why. They will also become more familiar with story elements.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (4) 3: Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character's thoughts, words, or actions). [RL.4.3]

Subject: English Language Arts (4), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: What Do You See When You Look in the Mirror? Examining Character MotivationDescription: During this unit, students will ask “Why do we do what we do?” They will read different novels to analyze character motivation. Throughout the unit they will debate whether they think characters made smart choices and why. They will also become more familiar with story elements.

Title: Biomes: Where are the Wild Things?
Description:
During this lesson, students will explore biomes, ecosystems, and habitats by navigating the Internet. They will research biomes, ecosystems, and habitats in order to create a newsletter. They will have the opportunity to distribute their newsletters and discuss their findings with students in their school.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 8: Collect information from a variety of digital sources.

Subject: Credit Recovery Science (3 - 5), or Science (3), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Biomes: Where are the Wild Things?Description: During this lesson, students will explore biomes, ecosystems, and habitats by navigating the Internet. They will research biomes, ecosystems, and habitats in order to create a newsletter. They will have the opportunity to distribute their newsletters and discuss their findings with students in their school.

Title: You, Too, Can Be an Inventor!
Description:
How have inventions changed the world? This unit focuses on the importance, the process and the creativity involved in inventing. Through the study of inventions and inventors, students learn how inventions are created and the characteristics that inventors share. They will create a slideshow presentation on an invention/inventor of their choice. Students will work through steps to come up with their own unique inventions. Finally, they will develop brochures to promote their inventions.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (4) 12: Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text. [RI.4.3]

Subject: English Language Arts (4), or Information Literacy (K - 12), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: You, Too, Can Be an Inventor!Description: How have inventions changed the world? This unit focuses on the importance, the process and the creativity involved in inventing. Through the study of inventions and inventors, students learn how inventions are created and the characteristics that inventors share. They will create a slideshow presentation on an invention/inventor of their choice. Students will work through steps to come up with their own unique inventions. Finally, they will develop brochures to promote their inventions.

Title: Our New Nation
Description:
After studying the American Revolutionary War, students learn about the founding of the United States of America. Pretending to be the founding fathers, students will divide into small groups to create and design their own nation and system of government for the colonies. They will create the laws, economic system, powers of government, pledge, national symbol, anthem, etc. Students will create a presentation about their "new nation." The groups will give an oral presentation justifying why their system of government should be selected for the colonies.
Standard(s): [SS2010] USS5 (5) 9: Explain how inadequacies of the Articles of Confederation led to the creation and eventual ratification of the Constitution of the United States.

Subject: English Language Arts (5), or Social Studies (5), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Our New NationDescription: After studying the American Revolutionary War, students learn about the founding of the United States of America. Pretending to be the founding fathers, students will divide into small groups to create and design their own nation and system of government for the colonies. They will create the laws, economic system, powers of government, pledge, national symbol, anthem, etc. Students will create a presentation about their "new nation." The groups will give an oral presentation justifying why their system of government should be selected for the colonies.

Title: Author Study
Description:
During this lesson, students will learn more about their favorite authors by researching them on the Internet and presenting to the class, school, and community. Students will see that authors are real people thereby developing an appreciation for reading and writing.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (4) 35: Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience in an organized manner, using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace. [SL.4.4]

Subject: English Language Arts (4), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Author StudyDescription: During this lesson, students will learn more about their favorite authors by researching them on the Internet and presenting to the class, school, and community. Students will see that authors are real people thereby developing an appreciation for reading and writing.

Title: Our Trip Around the Biomes
Description:
During this lesson, students travel to the biomes by way of the Internet. They learn the characteristics of biomes, including animals, plants, temperatures, etc. Students then use this information to create a slideshow presentation to help the zoo improve animal habitats.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 8: Collect information from a variety of digital sources.

Subject: English Language Arts (5), or Credit Recovery Science (5), or Science (3), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Our Trip Around the BiomesDescription: During this lesson, students travel to the biomes by way of the Internet. They learn the characteristics of biomes, including animals, plants, temperatures, etc. Students then use this information to create a slideshow presentation to help the zoo improve animal habitats.

Title: Adjectives in a Bag!
Description:
During this hands-on lesson, students learn to describe unknown objects by using adjectives. Students have the opportunity to practice using adjectives by exploring an Internet site.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (3) 37: Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. [L.3.1]

Subject: English Language Arts (3), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Adjectives in a Bag!Description: During this hands-on lesson, students learn to describe unknown objects by using adjectives. Students have the opportunity to practice using adjectives by exploring an Internet site.

Title: Unlocking the Author in You
Description:
This lesson is designed to help students develop a love for writing. Students use the attached presentation to guide them in the writing process. They will navigate a variety of websites to help them learn about writing.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (4) 39: Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. [L.4.2]

Subject: English Language Arts (4), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Unlocking the Author in YouDescription: This lesson is designed to help students develop a love for writing. Students use the attached presentation to guide them in the writing process. They will navigate a variety of websites to help them learn about writing.

Title: Author Trading Cards
Description:
In this lesson students conduct print and Internet research to gather information about a contempory author. Students create an author trading card featuring this information and then collect and/or trade these cards as they select reading material.
Standard(s):

Subject: English Language Arts (5 - 8), or Technology Education (3 - 8) Title: Author Trading CardsDescription: In this lesson students conduct print and Internet research to gather information about a contempory author. Students create an author trading card featuring this information and then collect and/or trade these cards as they select reading material.

Title: Narrative Writing: "A Day in the Life of ..."
Description:
In this lesson, students will use what they have learned about narrative writing in an authentic situation. This is part of a welcome packet for students who are new to the school. Students will work in groups to conduct research and compose narrative essays telling about a typical day in the life of a kindergartner, first grader, etc. The project will culminate in the creation of a brochure and slideshow presentation that can be used by teachers to introduce new students to their class.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (5) 39: Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. [L.5.2]

Subject: English Language Arts (3 - 5), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Narrative Writing: "A Day in the Life of ..."Description: In this lesson, students will use what they have learned about narrative writing in an authentic situation. This is part of a welcome packet for students who are new to the school. Students will work in groups to conduct research and compose narrative essays telling about a typical day in the life of a kindergartner, first grader, etc. The project will culminate in the creation of a brochure and slideshow presentation that can be used by teachers to introduce new students to their class.

Title: The Color of Words
Description:
This lesson is a word processing basic skills lesson. It is designed to introduce students to formatting text. The formatting concepts include: changing text alignment, changing text color and changing font size.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 2: Use various technology applications, including word processing and multimedia software.

Title: Parent Brochures for English Language Learners
Description:
In this lesson English Language Learners will design and publish a brochure that introduces the school to their parents. The brochure includes English and native language translations, pictures, and explanations of school function. The lesson can be adjusted for any grade level.
Standard(s): [TC2] CA2 (9-12) 6: Utilize advanced features of multimedia software, including image, video, and audio editing.

Subject: Technology Education (3 - 12) Title: Parent Brochures for English Language LearnersDescription: In this lesson English Language Learners will design and publish a brochure that introduces the school to their parents. The brochure includes English and native language translations, pictures, and explanations of school function. The lesson can be adjusted for any grade level.

Title: Top Ten Books
Description:
During this lesson students review their favorite books from the present school year. They navigate the Internet to locate information about the author of their favorite book and write a summary. Students compile their information in a slideshow presentation and show it to younger students to motivate them to read.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (4) 39: Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. [L.4.2]

Subject: English Language Arts (4), or Technology Education (3 - 8) Title: Top Ten BooksDescription: During this lesson students review their favorite books from the present school year. They navigate the Internet to locate information about the author of their favorite book and write a summary. Students compile their information in a slideshow presentation and show it to younger students to motivate them to read.

Title: ABC's of Geometry
Description:
During this lesson students explore the world of geometry on the Internet. Students create their own list of terms by navigating geometry sites. Students also reinforce what they have learned using interactive Internet sites.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (4) 43: Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal precise actions, emotions, or states of being (e.g., quizzed, whined, stammered) and that are basic to a particular topic (e.g., wildlife, conservation, and endangered when discussing animal preservation). [L.4.6]

Subject: English Language Arts (4), or Mathematics (3), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: ABC's of GeometryDescription: During this lesson students explore the world of geometry on the Internet. Students create their own list of terms by navigating geometry sites. Students also reinforce what they have learned using interactive Internet sites.

Title: Sun, Earth, and Moon: Calendar of Events
Description:
During this lesson students are going to take a look at moon phases and sunrise-sunset times in order to learn about daylight hours. Students discover that we do not always have the same amount of daylight each day. This lesson is best completed in December and January.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 8: Collect information from a variety of digital sources.

Subject: Credit Recovery Science (4 - 6), or Science (1 - 6), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Sun, Earth, and Moon: Calendar of EventsDescription: During this lesson students are going to take a look at moon phases and sunrise-sunset times in order to learn about daylight hours. Students discover that we do not always have the same amount of daylight each day. This lesson is best completed in December and January.

Title: Capturing Polygons
Description:
During this lesson students discover the different types of polygons. They use a variety of methods to learn to identify polygons. They realize that polygons are everywhere as they search for polygons around the school.
Standard(s): [MA2015] (3) 24: Understand that shapes in different categories (e.g., rhombuses, rectangles, and others) may share attributes (e.g., having four sides), and that the shared attributes can define a larger category (e.g., quadrilaterals). Recognize rhombuses, rectangles, and squares as examples of quadrilaterals, and draw examples of quadrilaterals that do not belong to any of these subcategories. [3-G1]

Subject: Mathematics (3), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Capturing PolygonsDescription: During this lesson students discover the different types of polygons. They use a variety of methods to learn to identify polygons. They realize that polygons are everywhere as they search for polygons around the school.

Title: Dinosaurs: Prefixes and Suffixes
Description:
Scientists use prefixes and suffixes to name dinosaurs. In this lesson, students will use a variety of prefixes and suffixes to create their own dinosaur names. They will draw a picture of the new dinosaur, and then type, edit, and print a story using a word processor.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (5) 41: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on Grade 5 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies. [L.5.4]

Subject: English Language Arts (5), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Dinosaurs: Prefixes and SuffixesDescription: Scientists use prefixes and suffixes to name dinosaurs. In this lesson, students will use a variety of prefixes and suffixes to create their own dinosaur names. They will draw a picture of the new dinosaur, and then type, edit, and print a story using a word processor.

Title: Fact Families: Addition and Subtraction Skills
Description:
During this lesson students learn how numbers create fact families. Students identify missing numbers from a fact family by working on an Internet site. They also create their own slideshow presentation demonstrating fact families.
Standard(s): [MA2015] (1) 3: Apply properties of operations as strategies to add and subtract. (Students need not use formal terms for these properties.) [1-OA3]

Subject: Mathematics (1 - 2), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Fact Families: Addition and Subtraction SkillsDescription: During this lesson students learn how numbers create fact families. Students identify missing numbers from a fact family by working on an Internet site. They also create their own slideshow presentation demonstrating fact families.

Title: Writing with Presentation Software
Description:
During this lesson students use their imaginations to create short stories. Then they create alternative endings to their classmates' stories. Students present their stories using presentation software.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (5) 39: Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. [L.5.2]

Subject: English Language Arts (3 - 5), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Writing with Presentation SoftwareDescription: During this lesson students use their imaginations to create short stories. Then they create alternative endings to their classmates' stories. Students present their stories using presentation software.

Title: Orchestra Instruments and Their Families
Description:
During this lesson students learn the orchestra instruments and to which family each instrument belongs. They visually identify instruments and navigate Internet sites to see and hear each instrument.
Standard(s): [AED] MU (4) 12: Classify orchestral instruments by family.

Subject: Arts Education (3 - 5), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Orchestra Instruments and Their FamiliesDescription: During this lesson students learn the orchestra instruments and to which family each instrument belongs. They visually identify instruments and navigate Internet sites to see and hear each instrument.

Title: My Bad Day
Description:
During this writing lesson students go step by step through the writing process to create a story about a bad day. Students use graphic organizers and Internet resources to help improve their writing skills.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (3) 26: With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of the first three Language standards in Grades K-3.) [W.3.5]

Subject: English Language Arts (3), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: My Bad DayDescription: During this writing lesson students go step by step through the writing process to create a story about a bad day. Students use graphic organizers and Internet resources to help improve their writing skills.

Title: Literary Elements in Jan Brett's The Mitten
Description:
Students will analyze such literary elements as plot, cause-effect relationships, sequence, and prediction in Jan Brett's The Mitten. Students will enjoy predicting upcoming story events and retelling the story from a dialogue that shows a text-to-self relationship.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (3) 24: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences. [W.3.3]

Subject: English Language Arts (3), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Literary Elements in Jan Brett's The MittenDescription: Students will analyze such literary elements as plot, cause-effect relationships, sequence, and prediction in Jan Brett's The Mitten. Students will enjoy predicting upcoming story events and retelling the story from a dialogue that shows a text-to-self relationship.

Title: The Stupendous Dodgeball Fiasco by Janice Repka
Description:
This lesson will lead students in relating literature to their own lives. The book, The Stupendous Dodgeball Fiasco, will be read aloud to students. Afterward, students will create short stories about things which they'd like to change around their school.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (3) 38: Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. [L.3.2]

Subject: English Language Arts (3), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: The Stupendous Dodgeball Fiasco by Janice RepkaDescription: This lesson will lead students in relating literature to their own lives. The book, The Stupendous Dodgeball Fiasco, will be read aloud to students. Afterward, students will create short stories about things which they'd like to change around their school.

Title: Me in a Box
Description:
During this lesson students develop a sense of self awareness and appreciation for their own individuality and uniqueness. Students use graphic organizers to identify personality traits and collect items and pictures that represent the traits. The class has fun trying to identify to whom each box belongs before they are presented.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (5) 35: Report on a topic or text or present an opinion, sequencing ideas logically and using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace. [SL.5.4]

Subject: Character Education (K - 12), or English Language Arts (5), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Me in a BoxDescription: During this lesson students develop a sense of self awareness and appreciation for their own individuality and uniqueness. Students use graphic organizers to identify personality traits and collect items and pictures that represent the traits. The class has fun trying to identify to whom each box belongs before they are presented.

Title: Story Elements
Description:
During this lesson, students will analyze what distinguishes the stories they love. Reading and reviewing their favorite books will help students begin to identify elements of a story. Students have the opportunity to navigate the Internet and create a presentation to demonstrate what they have learned about elements of a story.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (4) 39: Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. [L.4.2]

Subject: English Language Arts (4), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Story ElementsDescription: During this lesson, students will analyze what distinguishes the stories they love. Reading and reviewing their favorite books will help students begin to identify elements of a story. Students have the opportunity to navigate the Internet and create a presentation to demonstrate what they have learned about elements of a story.

Title: Irish ABCs
Description:
During this lesson, students will have the opportunity to learn about St. Patrick's Day while navigating the Internet. Students will get to transform their research into an ABC Book to share with family and friends.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (3) 34: Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking clearly at an understandable pace. [SL.3.4]

Subject: English Language Arts (3), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Irish ABCsDescription: During this lesson, students will have the opportunity to learn about St. Patrick's Day while navigating the Internet. Students will get to transform their research into an ABC Book to share with family and friends.

Title: Early American Explorers
Description:
During this project-based lesson, students will become detectives looking for information about early American explorers. Students will have the opportunity to navigate the Internet to locate important facts about these explorers. Students will get then present their findings in the form of a slideshow presentation, timeline, and bookmark.
Standard(s): [SS2010] USS5 (5) 4: Determine the economic and cultural impact of European exploration during the Age of Discovery upon European society and American Indians.

Subject: Social Studies (5), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Early American ExplorersDescription: During this project-based lesson, students will become detectives looking for information about early American explorers. Students will have the opportunity to navigate the Internet to locate important facts about these explorers. Students will get then present their findings in the form of a slideshow presentation, timeline, and bookmark.

Title: Expository Writing and The Civil War
Description:
This lesson is designed to help students strengthen their research and writing skills, while learning more about the Civil War, as they produce an expository paragraph. Students will glean information from an article about the causes of the Civil War and then use the "Step Up To Writing" technique to write their paragraphs.
Standard(s): [SS2010] ALA (4) 7: Explain reasons for Alabama's secession from the Union, including sectionalism, slavery, states' rights, and economic disagreements.

Subject: English Language Arts (4), or Social Studies (4), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Expository Writing and The Civil WarDescription: This lesson is designed to help students strengthen their research and writing skills, while learning more about the Civil War, as they produce an expository paragraph. Students will glean information from an article about the causes of the Civil War and then use the "Step Up To Writing" technique to write their paragraphs.

Title: Newberry Award
Description:
This unit will introduce the history of the Newberry Award to students. The selection process will be discussed. Students will also visit websites and the library to select a Newberry book to read. Finally, students will give book talks to accompany slideshows they have created.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (5) 35: Report on a topic or text or present an opinion, sequencing ideas logically and using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace. [SL.5.4]

Subject: English Language Arts (3 - 5), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Newberry AwardDescription: This unit will introduce the history of the Newberry Award to students. The selection process will be discussed. Students will also visit websites and the library to select a Newberry book to read. Finally, students will give book talks to accompany slideshows they have created.

Title: Revolutionary War, Research, and Technology
Description:
During this social studies lesson, students conduct research on specified topics related to the Revolutionary War. The lesson should be used at the culmination of a unit of study on the American Revolution. Students will use word processing software and the Internet to create summaries of what they have learned during the unit.
Standard(s): [SS2010] USS5 (5) 8: Identify major events of the American Revolution, including the battles of Lexington and Concord, Bunker Hill, Saratoga, and Yorktown.

Subject: Social Studies (5), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Revolutionary War, Research, and TechnologyDescription: During this social studies lesson, students conduct research on specified topics related to the Revolutionary War. The lesson should be used at the culmination of a unit of study on the American Revolution. Students will use word processing software and the Internet to create summaries of what they have learned during the unit.

Title: Animal Environment and Adaptation
Description:
In this lesson students will enjoy different activities focusing on how animals adapt to their environments. They will begin by researching two animals, their environment, and the ways the animals adapt to this environment. In small groups students will invent a new animal, including its environment and adaptations. Using presentation software, students will introduce their new animals to the class.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (4) 35: Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience in an organized manner, using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace. [SL.4.4]

Subject: Arts Education (3 - 5), or English Language Arts (3 - 4), or Credit Recovery Science (4), or Science (3), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Animal Environment and AdaptationDescription: In this lesson students will enjoy different activities focusing on how animals adapt to their environments. They will begin by researching two animals, their environment, and the ways the animals adapt to this environment. In small groups students will invent a new animal, including its environment and adaptations. Using presentation software, students will introduce their new animals to the class.

Title: Wonderful Wolves
Description:
In this lesson students learn about wolves through literature and research. Students learn the truth about wolves by completing a WebQuest examining wolf myths. Then students have the opportunity to locate information about wolves through a variety of print resources and the Internet.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (3) 28: Conduct short research projects that build knowledge about a topic. [W.3.7]

Subject: English Language Arts (2 - 3), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Wonderful WolvesDescription: In this lesson students learn about wolves through literature and research. Students learn the truth about wolves by completing a WebQuest examining wolf myths. Then students have the opportunity to locate information about wolves through a variety of print resources and the Internet.

Title: Name Etymology
Description:
During this lesson, students will have the opportunity to research the etymology and history of their names. Students will begin to understand ways to make history, linguistic history, and cultural history a lot of fun.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (4) 38: Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. [L.4.1]

Subject: English Language Arts (4), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Name EtymologyDescription: During this lesson, students will have the opportunity to research the etymology and history of their names. Students will begin to understand ways to make history, linguistic history, and cultural history a lot of fun.

Title: Powerful Book Reports
Description:
This lesson allows students to identify the critical components of a story while developing expertise in creating and presenting multimedia presentations.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (5) 9: By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the Grades 4-5 text complexity band independently and proficiently. [RL.5.10]

Subject: English Language Arts (5), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Powerful Book ReportsDescription: This lesson allows students to identify the critical components of a story while developing expertise in creating and presenting multimedia presentations.

Title: The Lost Colony of Roanoke
Description:
In this lesson students will build on their knowledge of the lost colony of Roanoke. Using the Internet, students will research theories about the disappearance of the colonists and use what they have learned to write and perform a play about an assigned theory. They will incorporate technology by recording the plays and editing them using movie editing software.
Standard(s): [SS2010] USS5 (5) 5: Explain the early colonization of North America and reasons for settlement in the Northern, Middle, and Southern colonies, including geographic features, landforms, and differences in climate among the colonies.

Subject: Arts Education (5), or Social Studies (5), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: The Lost Colony of RoanokeDescription: In this lesson students will build on their knowledge of the lost colony of Roanoke. Using the Internet, students will research theories about the disappearance of the colonists and use what they have learned to write and perform a play about an assigned theory. They will incorporate technology by recording the plays and editing them using movie editing software.

Title: Native American Acrostic Poems
Description:
In this lesson, students will synthesize the knowledge they have acquired about early Native American tribes by creating and presenting an acrostic poem that incorporates pictures symbolizing important characteristics of the tribes. In creating the acrostic poems students will utilize a variety of technology including digital cameras, scanners, image editing software and word processing software. The lesson will culminate in an oral presentation of the poems.
Standard(s): [SS2010] USS5 (5) 3: Distinguish differences among major American Indian cultures in North America according to geographic region, natural resources, community organization, economy, and belief systems.

Subject: Social Studies (5), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Native American Acrostic PoemsDescription: In this lesson, students will synthesize the knowledge they have acquired about early Native American tribes by creating and presenting an acrostic poem that incorporates pictures symbolizing important characteristics of the tribes. In creating the acrostic poems students will utilize a variety of technology including digital cameras, scanners, image editing software and word processing software. The lesson will culminate in an oral presentation of the poems.

Title: Writing the Biographical Sketch
Description:
Working in pairs, students interview each other in order to collect information about their partners. They will practice the writing process as they write biographical sketches which incorporate scanned pictures.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (5) 39: Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. [L.5.2]

Subject: English Language Arts (4 - 5), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Writing the Biographical SketchDescription: Working in pairs, students interview each other in order to collect information about their partners. They will practice the writing process as they write biographical sketches which incorporate scanned pictures.

Title: Writing Decimals
Description:
This lesson gets students involved through the use of the calculator and computers. Students will have the opportunity to use calculators and computers to demonstrate knowledge of decimal place value and how to write decimal numbers to the tenth and hundredths place.
Standard(s): [MA2015] (5) 7: Use place value understanding to round decimals to any place. [5-NBT4]

Subject: Mathematics (4 - 5), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Writing DecimalsDescription: This lesson gets students involved through the use of the calculator and computers. Students will have the opportunity to use calculators and computers to demonstrate knowledge of decimal place value and how to write decimal numbers to the tenth and hundredths place.

Title: Composers Then and Now
Description:
During this lesson students will have the opportunity to research the following composers: Kenny G, W.C. Handy, Johannes Brahms, and Amadeus Mozart. Students will learn to navigate the Internet to locate important facts. They will also learn to use publishing software to create a brochure from the information they collect.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (3) 39: Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening. [L.3.3]

Subject: Arts Education (3 - 12), or English Language Arts (3), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Composers Then and NowDescription: During this lesson students will have the opportunity to research the following composers: Kenny G, W.C. Handy, Johannes Brahms, and Amadeus Mozart. Students will learn to navigate the Internet to locate important facts. They will also learn to use publishing software to create a brochure from the information they collect.

Title: Archeology: Can You Dig It?
Description:
In this technology-based, interdisciplinary study, students will discover how archeology helps us learn about our past. They will navigate the Internet to discover different methods archeologists use and gain an appreciation of the relationship between the past and the present.
Standard(s): [SS2010] USS5 (5) 3: Distinguish differences among major American Indian cultures in North America according to geographic region, natural resources, community organization, economy, and belief systems.

Subject: Social Studies (5), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Archeology: Can You Dig It?Description: In this technology-based, interdisciplinary study, students will discover how archeology helps us learn about our past. They will navigate the Internet to discover different methods archeologists use and gain an appreciation of the relationship between the past and the present.

Title: Lou Gehrig and Character Education
Description:
After reading book or short story about Lou Gehrig, students conduct online research to learn more about him. Using the material they gather about his life and character, students create a flyer/poster. Students then participate in a virtual field trip from the Baseball Hall of Fame entitled "Lou Gehrig: The Iron Horse."
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (5) 29: Recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information from print and digital sources; summarize or paraphrase information in notes and finished work, and provide a list of sources. [W.5.8]

Subject: Character Education (K - 12), or English Language Arts (4 - 5), or Technology Education (3 - 8) Title: Lou Gehrig and Character EducationDescription: After reading book or short story about Lou Gehrig, students conduct online research to learn more about him. Using the material they gather about his life and character, students create a flyer/poster. Students then participate in a virtual field trip from the Baseball Hall of Fame entitled "Lou Gehrig: The Iron Horse."

Title: Defending Personal Freedoms
Description:
This lesson is an introduction to the Civil Rights Movement in American history. The social and political impact of the current events and key people who played an integral role during this era provide a wealth of insight into the driving forces that inspired human rights for all citizens of the United States.
Standard(s): [SS2010] USS5 (5) 9: Explain how inadequacies of the Articles of Confederation led to the creation and eventual ratification of the Constitution of the United States.

Subject: Social Studies (5), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Defending Personal FreedomsDescription: This lesson is an introduction to the Civil Rights Movement in American history. The social and political impact of the current events and key people who played an integral role during this era provide a wealth of insight into the driving forces that inspired human rights for all citizens of the United States.

Title: Leaders of Our School
Description:
During the first weeks of school, students will be introduced to the administration and faculty within the school. Students will conduct an interview to determine the role of each individual in creating and maintaining a thriving learning environment. Using a digital camera and presentation software, students will record each interview, along with a digital photograph, of the school leader. Students will present the slideshow presentation during Open House. From this lesson, students will better comprehend the importance of the leadership and teamwork within our school.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (4) 39: Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. [L.4.2]

Subject: Character Education (K - 12), or English Language Arts (4), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Leaders of Our SchoolDescription: During the first weeks of school, students will be introduced to the administration and faculty within the school. Students will conduct an interview to determine the role of each individual in creating and maintaining a thriving learning environment. Using a digital camera and presentation software, students will record each interview, along with a digital photograph, of the school leader. Students will present the slideshow presentation during Open House. From this lesson, students will better comprehend the importance of the leadership and teamwork within our school.

Title: Kids Search In The Classroom
Description:
This is a technology-based lesson that will focus on using the Kids Search database in the Alabama Virtual Library. Students will work in teams to access information about animals. This lesson will allow students to research a particular animal and write a report on the information they collected.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 8: Collect information from a variety of digital sources.

Subject: English Language Arts (3), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Kids Search In The ClassroomDescription: This is a technology-based lesson that will focus on using the Kids Search database in the Alabama Virtual Library. Students will work in teams to access information about animals. This lesson will allow students to research a particular animal and write a report on the information they collected.

Title: Pictographs
Description:
During this lesson, students will learn how to create a pictograph by collecting data and using pictures to represent the data. Students will have practice reading pictographs and will learn to create a pictograph using spreadsheet or software.
Standard(s): [MA2015] (5) 19: Make a line plot to display a data set of measurements in fractions of a unit (1/2, 1/4, 1/8).
Use operations on fractions for this grade to solve problems involving information presented in line plots. [5-MD2]

Subject: Mathematics (3 - 5), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: PictographsDescription: During this lesson, students will learn how to create a pictograph by collecting data and using pictures to represent the data. Students will have practice reading pictographs and will learn to create a pictograph using spreadsheet or software.

Title: Happy Trails
Description:
Math can be experienced everywhere and every day. During this lesson, students become active learners while discovering and sharing the mathematics existing in their everyday environment. Students explore the school and create mathematical problems using different concepts relating to what they find.
Standard(s): [MA2015] (5) 12: Solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions referring to the same whole, including cases of unlike denominators, e.g., by using visual fraction models or equations to represent the problem. Use benchmark fractions and number sense of fractions to estimate mentally, and assess the reasonableness of answers. [5-NF2]

Subject: Mathematics (3 - 5), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Happy TrailsDescription: Math can be experienced everywhere and every day. During this lesson, students become active learners while discovering and sharing the mathematics existing in their everyday environment. Students explore the school and create mathematical problems using different concepts relating to what they find.

Title: Let's Trade
Description:
Dr. Seuss has created many classics that students love. During this lesson, students will get the opportunity to share their favorite Dr. Seuss book and favorite character with their class by creating a trading card. Students will use their creativity to develop a trading card on the computer. At the end of the lesson, students will trade their cards with their friends.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (5) 38: Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. [L.5.1]

Subject: English Language Arts (4 - 5), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Let's TradeDescription: Dr. Seuss has created many classics that students love. During this lesson, students will get the opportunity to share their favorite Dr. Seuss book and favorite character with their class by creating a trading card. Students will use their creativity to develop a trading card on the computer. At the end of the lesson, students will trade their cards with their friends.

Title: Computer Hunt
Description:
This lesson is a technology-based project designed to demonstrate students' knowledge in keyboarding and Internet skills. It can be used as an assessment after a lesson on keyboarding and basic computer skills has been introduced.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 8: Collect information from a variety of digital sources.

Subject: Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Computer HuntDescription: This lesson is a technology-based project designed to demonstrate students' knowledge in keyboarding and Internet skills. It can be used as an assessment after a lesson on keyboarding and basic computer skills has been introduced.

Title: Famous African-Americans
Description:
During this unit students will study the lives of famous African-Americans who have had an impact upon history or present day society. This interdisciplinary hands-on unit will incorporate the subjects of social studies, reading, language arts, and technology. After studying African-Americans and viewing a presentation, students will select (or be assigned) a person to research, write a biographical sketch about, and then create a newsletter depicting facts from that person's life. The entire unit will cover a two- to three-week period.
Standard(s): [SS2010] USS5 (5) 12: Summarize successes and failures of the Reconstruction Era.

Subject: English Language Arts (3 - 4), or Social Studies (4 - 5), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Famous African-AmericansDescription: During this unit students will study the lives of famous African-Americans who have had an impact upon history or present day society. This interdisciplinary hands-on unit will incorporate the subjects of social studies, reading, language arts, and technology. After studying African-Americans and viewing a presentation, students will select (or be assigned) a person to research, write a biographical sketch about, and then create a newsletter depicting facts from that person's life. The entire unit will cover a two- to three-week period.

Title: Helen Who?
Description:
In this lesson, students will be introduced to the contributions of Helen Keller. The students will learn about Helen Keller through research on the Internet, a book, and a role-playing exercise.
Standard(s): [SS2010] ALA (4) 10: Analyze social and educational changes during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries for their impact on Alabama.

Subject: English Language Arts (3 - 4), or Social Studies (4), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Helen Who?Description: In this lesson, students will be introduced to the contributions of Helen Keller. The students will learn about Helen Keller through research on the Internet, a book, and a role-playing exercise.

Title: Edible Alabama and Her Agricultural Resources
Description:
This is a great culminating activity after a unit study on the natural resources of the state of Alabama. Students will investigate some of Alabama's agricultural resources and create a multimedia presentation about one of them or recipe brochure featuring Alabama resources. Students will then decorate cookies that have been cut into the shape of Alabama, with various food items to represent the agricultural resources found in Alabama.
Standard(s): [SS2010] ALA (4) 6: Describe cultural, economic, and political aspects of the lifestyles of early nineteenth-century farmers, plantation owners, slaves, and townspeople.

Subject: Social Studies (4), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Edible Alabama and Her Agricultural ResourcesDescription: This is a great culminating activity after a unit study on the natural resources of the state of Alabama. Students will investigate some of Alabama's agricultural resources and create a multimedia presentation about one of them or recipe brochure featuring Alabama resources. Students will then decorate cookies that have been cut into the shape of Alabama, with various food items to represent the agricultural resources found in Alabama.

Title: Who Will Be President?
Description:
This lesson will allow students to experience the election process of an American President through a mock election. Students will learn the steps that must be followed in order to have an election. This is a great way to get students motivated to be involved in the election process.
Standard(s): [SS2010] USS6 (6) 10: Analyze changing economic priorities and cycles of economic expansion and contraction for their impact on society since World War II.

Subject: English Language Arts (4 - 5), or Social Studies (6), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Who Will Be President?Description: This lesson will allow students to experience the election process of an American President through a mock election. Students will learn the steps that must be followed in order to have an election. This is a great way to get students motivated to be involved in the election process.

Title: USA--State Facts
Description:
During this technology-based lesson, fifth grade students explore different states by locating information on the Internet. Students use the information they find and create a presentation to help their classmates learn about the states.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 8: Collect information from a variety of digital sources.

Subject: English Language Arts (5), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: USA--State FactsDescription: During this technology-based lesson, fifth grade students explore different states by locating information on the Internet. Students use the information they find and create a presentation to help their classmates learn about the states.

Title: Expository Essay: State Trip
Description:
After researching a place/event of interest in Alabama, students write a five-paragraph essay. Students include maps and written directions to the location, describe activities and/or events associated with this location, include in this profile.
Standard(s):

Subject: English Language Arts (5), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Expository Essay: State TripDescription: After researching a place/event of interest in Alabama, students write a five-paragraph essay. Students include maps and written directions to the location, describe activities and/or events associated with this location, include in this profile.

Title: Critiquing Art
Description:
Students will begin to understand that being an critiquing art is not about what one likes or dislikes, but rather if the art makes sense or makes a statement. Students will learn how to use the vocabulary of the Elements and Principles of Design when discussing art.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 2: Use various technology applications, including word processing and multimedia software.

Subject: Arts Education (3 - 5), or English Language Arts (3), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Critiquing ArtDescription: Students will begin to understand that being an critiquing art is not about what one likes or dislikes, but rather if the art makes sense or makes a statement. Students will learn how to use the vocabulary of the Elements and Principles of Design when discussing art.

Title: Ambiguous Pictures/Abstract Art
Description:
In this lesson students learn how perspective can change the meaning of art. The students will use a digital camera to take extreme close-ups of objects, thus causing the pictures to become resemble abstract art. This project incorporates art, writing and technology.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 12: Create a product using digital tools.

Subject: Arts Education (3 - 5), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Ambiguous Pictures/Abstract ArtDescription: In this lesson students learn how perspective can change the meaning of art. The students will use a digital camera to take extreme close-ups of objects, thus causing the pictures to become resemble abstract art. This project incorporates art, writing and technology.

Title: Think, Write, Read: Expository Writing
Description:
While this lesson's main focus will be centered on expository writing, it will also integrate reading, computer and organizational skills. After reading the novel, Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, students will write an expository paper explaining why Marty, one of the characters in the book, dislikes Judd Travers, who is another character. Finally, students will present their papers to the class.
Standard(s):

Subject: English Language Arts (5), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Think, Write, Read: Expository WritingDescription: While this lesson's main focus will be centered on expository writing, it will also integrate reading, computer and organizational skills. After reading the novel, Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, students will write an expository paper explaining why Marty, one of the characters in the book, dislikes Judd Travers, who is another character. Finally, students will present their papers to the class.

Title: Creek War Journals
Description:
After a study of the Creek War, students will explore perspectives of families on both sides of the war. Students will compose journal entries from a selected social class of the era to develop and exhibit an understanding and appreciation for lives led by those who lived during the early 1800's.
Standard(s): [SS2010] ALA (4) 3: Explain the social, political, and economic impact of the War of 1812, including battles and significant leaders of the Creek War, on Alabama.

Subject: English Language Arts (4), or Social Studies (3 - 4), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Creek War JournalsDescription: After a study of the Creek War, students will explore perspectives of families on both sides of the war. Students will compose journal entries from a selected social class of the era to develop and exhibit an understanding and appreciation for lives led by those who lived during the early 1800's.

Title: Sandwich Story Starters
Description:
These simple activities actively reinforce the importance of writing a story that is complete: one that has a good, solid beginning; a middle of substance, detail, and high interest; and a satisfying ending.
Standard(s):

Subject: English Language Arts (3 - 5), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Sandwich Story StartersDescription: These simple activities actively reinforce the importance of writing a story that is complete: one that has a good, solid beginning; a middle of substance, detail, and high interest; and a satisfying ending.

Title: Let's Write A Cinquain
Description:
During this lesson, third grade students will navigate the Internet to learn about cinquains. They will use their new knowledge to create their own cinquains while learning important word processing skills.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 6: Describe social and ethical behaviors related to technology use.

Subject: English Language Arts (3), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Let's Write A CinquainDescription: During this lesson, third grade students will navigate the Internet to learn about cinquains. They will use their new knowledge to create their own cinquains while learning important word processing skills.

Title: Retelling is Fun! Retelling Activities for The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
Description:
The purpose of this lesson is to get students involved with retelling activities, including writing a narrative and dramatic play.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 2: Use various technology applications, including word processing and multimedia software.

Title: What are Fossils?
Description:
In this lesson students will view fossils and learn about the way they are found and how they show evidence of prehistoric life. Students will then search for "fossils" and conduct an interview about how fossils are found. Students will utilize a graphic organizer to web their ideas on fossils.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 2: Use various technology applications, including word processing and multimedia software.

Subject: English Language Arts (3), or Credit Recovery Science (3), or Science (3), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: What are Fossils?Description: In this lesson students will view fossils and learn about the way they are found and how they show evidence of prehistoric life. Students will then search for "fossils" and conduct an interview about how fossils are found. Students will utilize a graphic organizer to web their ideas on fossils.

Title: Pendulums Swing Into Motion
Description:
This lesson will allow students in groups to describe the relationship between energy, work, and force through the use of pendulums. The results will be reported through a graphing activity as well as a paragraph written and printed on the computer.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 9: Use technology tools to organize, interpret, and display data.

Subject: English Language Arts (3), or Credit Recovery Science (3), or Science (3), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Pendulums Swing Into MotionDescription: This lesson will allow students in groups to describe the relationship between energy, work, and force through the use of pendulums. The results will be reported through a graphing activity as well as a paragraph written and printed on the computer.

Title: HeartLine Express
Description:
During this lesson, students will plan and execute a week-long school-wide valentine sales business. From the Grand Plan to job applications, interviews, valentine production, advertising, sales and profits students are immersed in the job experience and using a variety of math skills.
Standard(s): [MA2015] (4) 20: Use the four operations to solve word problems involving distances, intervals of time, liquid volumes, masses of objects, and money, including problems involving simple fractions or decimals, and problems that require expressing measurements given in a larger unit in terms of a smaller unit. Represent measurement quantities using diagrams such as number line diagrams that feature a measurement scale. [4-MD2]

Subject: English Language Arts (4), or Mathematics (3 - 4), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: HeartLine ExpressDescription: During this lesson, students will plan and execute a week-long school-wide valentine sales business. From the Grand Plan to job applications, interviews, valentine production, advertising, sales and profits students are immersed in the job experience and using a variety of math skills.

Title: The Flight of the Bumblebee
Description:
This unit will allow students to explore the world of plants and bees. Students will have the opportunity to observe plant growth, preform a plant life cycle play, and work on a multimedia presentation during this unit. The students will utilize the Internet to collect information about plants and bees during this lesson. This unit is a fun and interactive way for students to gain knowledge about plants and bees.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 8: Collect information from a variety of digital sources.

Subject: Credit Recovery Science (3), or Science (2), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: The Flight of the BumblebeeDescription: This unit will allow students to explore the world of plants and bees. Students will have the opportunity to observe plant growth, preform a plant life cycle play, and work on a multimedia presentation during this unit. The students will utilize the Internet to collect information about plants and bees during this lesson. This unit is a fun and interactive way for students to gain knowledge about plants and bees.

Title: Math in Everyday Life
Description:
In this lesson students will solve word problems involving time and money, focusing on addition, subtraction, multiplication, and fractions. The students will also work with a partner to make up their own word problems and then gain practice solving word problems using various Internet sites.
Standard(s): [MA2015] (2) 2: Fluently add and subtract within 20 using mental strategies. (See standard 6, Grade 1, for a list of mental strategies.) By end of Grade 2, know from memory all sums of two one-digit numbers. [2-OA2]

Subject: Mathematics (2), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Math in Everyday LifeDescription: In this lesson students will solve word problems involving time and money, focusing on addition, subtraction, multiplication, and fractions. The students will also work with a partner to make up their own word problems and then gain practice solving word problems using various Internet sites.

Title: A Look at Our Natural Environment
Description:
During this lesson students will have the opportunity to research, analyze, and collect data on how the natural environment influenced the Native Americans long ago, and how it still influences us today. Using information gathered from the Internet, each student group will create a multimedia presentation and share it with the class.
Standard(s): [SS2010] ALA (4) 1: Compare historical and current economic, political, and geographic information about Alabama on thematic maps, including weather and climate, physical-relief, waterway, transportation, political, economic development, land-use, and population maps.

Subject: Social Studies (3 - 4), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: A Look at Our Natural EnvironmentDescription: During this lesson students will have the opportunity to research, analyze, and collect data on how the natural environment influenced the Native Americans long ago, and how it still influences us today. Using information gathered from the Internet, each student group will create a multimedia presentation and share it with the class.

Title: Settling the West: Westward Expansion
Description:
During this lesson, students will have the opportunity to experience the westward expansion through literature and the Internet. By creating a brochure and a slideshow presentation, students will become aware of the difficulties people faced through their travels.
Standard(s): [SS2010] USS5 (5) 10: Describe political, social, and economic events between 1803 and 1860 that led to the expansion of the territory of the United States, including the War of 1812, the Indian Removal Act, the Texas-Mexican War, the Mexican-American War, and the Gold Rush of 1849.

Subject: English Language Arts (3), or Social Studies (3 - 5), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Settling the West: Westward ExpansionDescription: During this lesson, students will have the opportunity to experience the westward expansion through literature and the Internet. By creating a brochure and a slideshow presentation, students will become aware of the difficulties people faced through their travels.

Title: Using Vivid Adjectives
Description:
This upper elementary lesson focuses on the use of vivid adjectives to enhance student writing. Students will explore vivid adjectives in a variety of activities including thesaurus use and story development software.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 8: Collect information from a variety of digital sources.

Subject: English Language Arts (4), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Using Vivid AdjectivesDescription: This upper elementary lesson focuses on the use of vivid adjectives to enhance student writing. Students will explore vivid adjectives in a variety of activities including thesaurus use and story development software.

Title: Wandering Alabama
Description:
This lesson is a fun fact gathering mission! Alabama is rich in history, museums, natural and manmade attractions, and some just plain wacky attractions. Students will work in collaborative groups to create a guide to sites in Alabama with descriptions, map locations, expenses involved, and other useful information. Come on! Let's explore Alabama!
Standard(s): [SS2010] ALA (4) 16: Determine the impact of population growth on cities, major road systems, demographics, natural resources, and the natural environment of Alabama during the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.

Subject: Social Studies (4), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Wandering AlabamaDescription: This lesson is a fun fact gathering mission! Alabama is rich in history, museums, natural and manmade attractions, and some just plain wacky attractions. Students will work in collaborative groups to create a guide to sites in Alabama with descriptions, map locations, expenses involved, and other useful information. Come on! Let's explore Alabama!

Title: Dialogue with Student-Created Characters
Description:
This lesson is designed to help students understand the importance of character development when writing stories of their own. It also helps them understand the process authors use when writing novels and other stories. During this lesson students will develop detailed, realistic dialogue between characters.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 8: Collect information from a variety of digital sources.

Subject: English Language Arts (5), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Dialogue with Student-Created CharactersDescription: This lesson is designed to help students understand the importance of character development when writing stories of their own. It also helps them understand the process authors use when writing novels and other stories. During this lesson students will develop detailed, realistic dialogue between characters.

Title: Comparing Modes of Transportation
Description:
In this lesson students will visit different websites in order to decide the best mode of transportation from their home town to New York City. Students will graph the results and write a persuasive paper.
Standard(s): [MA2015] (5) 24: Represent real-world and mathematical problems by graphing points in the first quadrant of the coordinate plane, and interpret coordinate values of points in the context of the situation. [5-G2]

Subject: English Language Arts (5), or Mathematics (4 - 5), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Comparing Modes of TransportationDescription: In this lesson students will visit different websites in order to decide the best mode of transportation from their home town to New York City. Students will graph the results and write a persuasive paper.

Title: What was Right about the Wright Brothers?
Description:
In this unit students will explore the lives of the Wright brothers. The end result will be a student-made documentary highlighting the factors that allowed the Wright brothers to succeed at manned flight when others before them had failed.
Standard(s):

Subject: English Language Arts (5), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: What was Right about the Wright Brothers?Description: In this unit students will explore the lives of the Wright brothers. The end result will be a student-made documentary highlighting the factors that allowed the Wright brothers to succeed at manned flight when others before them had failed.

Title: Jack's Beans
Description:
During this lesson, the classic story of Jack and the Bean Stalk will spark an interest in plants with students. Students will explore the Internet, take a nature walk, and make observations to learn more about plants. A brochure will demonstrate their knowledge of plants.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 12: Create a product using digital tools.

Subject: English Language Arts (3), or Credit Recovery Science (3), or Science (2), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Jack's BeansDescription: During this lesson, the classic story of Jack and the Bean Stalk will spark an interest in plants with students. Students will explore the Internet, take a nature walk, and make observations to learn more about plants. A brochure will demonstrate their knowledge of plants.

Title: Writing Friendly Letters
Description:
This lesson teaches students the five parts of a friendly letter. Students will be able to write friendly letters utilizing the writing process. Students will visit various websites to learn more about writing friendly letters. Students will also create a letter by navigating a website on the Internet. The students will use a word processing program to develop their finished products.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 8: Collect information from a variety of digital sources.

Subject: English Language Arts (3), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Writing Friendly LettersDescription: This lesson teaches students the five parts of a friendly letter. Students will be able to write friendly letters utilizing the writing process. Students will visit various websites to learn more about writing friendly letters. Students will also create a letter by navigating a website on the Internet. The students will use a word processing program to develop their finished products.

Title: Look To the Future
Description:
This lesson is designed to encourage self-analysis of interests and skills as related to occupations, and to encourage future thought about a career identity or role. This lesson will allow students to organize career information to create a slideshow presentation that includes a scanned image of a drawing as they might see themselves in a future occupation. Students will also have the opportunity to create a newsletter help-wanted ads section using desktop publishing software to encourage exploration of various occupations.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (4) 27: With some guidance and support from adults, use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of one page in a single sitting. [W.4.6]

Subject: Counseling and Guidance (K - 12), or English Language Arts (4), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Look To the FutureDescription: This lesson is designed to encourage self-analysis of interests and skills as related to occupations, and to encourage future thought about a career identity or role. This lesson will allow students to organize career information to create a slideshow presentation that includes a scanned image of a drawing as they might see themselves in a future occupation. Students will also have the opportunity to create a newsletter help-wanted ads section using desktop publishing software to encourage exploration of various occupations.

Title: Better Health in Computer Technology
Description:
In this lesson students will learn the rationale for proper hand, eye, and body mechanics when using a computer. Students will discover how to properly use a computer by viewing a presentation, researching the Internet, and by creating their own slideshow presentation.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 12: Create a product using digital tools.

Subject: Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Better Health in Computer TechnologyDescription: In this lesson students will learn the rationale for proper hand, eye, and body mechanics when using a computer. Students will discover how to properly use a computer by viewing a presentation, researching the Internet, and by creating their own slideshow presentation.

Title: The Art of Rene Magritte
Description:
This unit is about the artist, Rene Magritte. Students engage in hands-on research in various areas of art utilizing images, software, and Internet resources. Students will then create their own image, and work in groups to create a slideshow presentation on Magritte.
Standard(s): [AED] VA (4) 4: Describe how the elements of art and principles of design, including rhythm, movement, and emphasis, are used in a specific work of art.

Subject: Arts Education (4), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: The Art of Rene MagritteDescription: This unit is about the artist, Rene Magritte. Students engage in hands-on research in various areas of art utilizing images, software, and Internet resources. Students will then create their own image, and work in groups to create a slideshow presentation on Magritte.

Title: Time Flies
Description:
This lesson plan is one of the first in a unit on telling time which addresses the following content areas: language arts, math, science, social studies, and technology. Students will read several resource books to gather information. They will then sequence information in a timeline. The final project will be a slideshow presentation.
Standard(s): [MA2015] (4) 20: Use the four operations to solve word problems involving distances, intervals of time, liquid volumes, masses of objects, and money, including problems involving simple fractions or decimals, and problems that require expressing measurements given in a larger unit in terms of a smaller unit. Represent measurement quantities using diagrams such as number line diagrams that feature a measurement scale. [4-MD2]

Subject: English Language Arts (3), or Mathematics (3 - 4), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Time FliesDescription: This lesson plan is one of the first in a unit on telling time which addresses the following content areas: language arts, math, science, social studies, and technology. Students will read several resource books to gather information. They will then sequence information in a timeline. The final project will be a slideshow presentation.

Title: Native Americans
Description:
During this lesson, students will recognize that Native Americans were the first inhabitants of our country. They will locate on a map where different tribes lived and compare and contrast different tribes' basic needs and customs.
Standard(s): [SS2010] USS5 (5) 3: Distinguish differences among major American Indian cultures in North America according to geographic region, natural resources, community organization, economy, and belief systems.

Subject: Social Studies (3 - 5), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Native AmericansDescription: During this lesson, students will recognize that Native Americans were the first inhabitants of our country. They will locate on a map where different tribes lived and compare and contrast different tribes' basic needs and customs.

Title: Presidential Biographical Sketch
Description:
Each student will choose a former President of the United States to research and present to the class. Students will develop timelines based on biographical information found through search engines on the Internet as well as in books, reference books, and periodicals. They will also write and give campaign speeches for their Presidential selections.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 8: Collect information from a variety of digital sources.

Subject: English Language Arts (4), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Presidential Biographical SketchDescription: Each student will choose a former President of the United States to research and present to the class. Students will develop timelines based on biographical information found through search engines on the Internet as well as in books, reference books, and periodicals. They will also write and give campaign speeches for their Presidential selections.

Title: Sugar Detectives
Description:
During this lesson, students will learn to make wise decisions concerning the snacks they eat. Students will learn to read food labels and measure the sugar content in foods. Students will be able to determine if they are practicing healthy eating by creating a food guide pyramid of their eating habits. Students will also create a multimedia presentation to demonstrate what they learned.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 12: Create a product using digital tools.

Subject: Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Sugar DetectivesDescription: During this lesson, students will learn to make wise decisions concerning the snacks they eat. Students will learn to read food labels and measure the sugar content in foods. Students will be able to determine if they are practicing healthy eating by creating a food guide pyramid of their eating habits. Students will also create a multimedia presentation to demonstrate what they learned.

Title: Exploring the World of Cinderella Tales
Description:
Students will read three different Cinderella tales, including tales from Africa, China, and America. Upon completion of a Venn diagram comparing the similarities and differences of these tales, the students will complete and present multimedia presentations showing their results.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 10: Use digital environments to collaborate and communicate.

Subject: English Language Arts (4), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Exploring the World of Cinderella TalesDescription: Students will read three different Cinderella tales, including tales from Africa, China, and America. Upon completion of a Venn diagram comparing the similarities and differences of these tales, the students will complete and present multimedia presentations showing their results.

Title: Just Plain Living
Description:
Students work through a teacher-prepared Webquest in order to learn about the art, food, shelter, clothing, etc. of the Plains Indians. Internet resources are used to collect information in order to make group presentations to the class. Students have the opportunity to decide among several projects to complete in order to demonstrate what they have learned.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 12: Create a product using digital tools.

Subject: English Language Arts (3), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Just Plain LivingDescription: Students work through a teacher-prepared Webquest in order to learn about the art, food, shelter, clothing, etc. of the Plains Indians. Internet resources are used to collect information in order to make group presentations to the class. Students have the opportunity to decide among several projects to complete in order to demonstrate what they have learned.

Title: Rainforest Music
Description:
During this lesson, the world of the rainforest will come alive. Students will have the opportunity to explore the music of the rainforest and create a musical instrument of their own. The Internet will be used as a tool to gather additional information for students to use in a multimedia presentation.
Standard(s): [AED] IM1 (6-12) 11: Demonstrate appropriate care of personal instruments.

Subject: Arts Education (3 - 12), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Rainforest MusicDescription: During this lesson, the world of the rainforest will come alive. Students will have the opportunity to explore the music of the rainforest and create a musical instrument of their own. The Internet will be used as a tool to gather additional information for students to use in a multimedia presentation.

Title: What a Jiffy Lesson
Description:
During this lesson on George Washington Carver, students will learn about some of his accomplishments and participate in a hands-on activity of making homemade peanut butter. Students will research information about Carver on the Internet and create a short slide show describing important facts about Carver's life.
Standard(s): [SS2010] ALA (4) 16: Determine the impact of population growth on cities, major road systems, demographics, natural resources, and the natural environment of Alabama during the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.

Subject: Social Studies (4), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: What a Jiffy LessonDescription: During this lesson on George Washington Carver, students will learn about some of his accomplishments and participate in a hands-on activity of making homemade peanut butter. Students will research information about Carver on the Internet and create a short slide show describing important facts about Carver's life.

Title: Move the Cherokee People
Description:
During this lesson, students will explore facts about the Cherokee people, their history, their culture, and their future. This lesson will help students begin to realize how the actions of our predecessors affected people in the past and today. The Internet will be used as a research tool to help students learn more about the Trail of Tears. Students will also have the opportunity to produce a slideshow presentation to share their new knowledge about the Trail of Tears.
Standard(s): [SS2010] USS5 (5) 10: Describe political, social, and economic events between 1803 and 1860 that led to the expansion of the territory of the United States, including the War of 1812, the Indian Removal Act, the Texas-Mexican War, the Mexican-American War, and the Gold Rush of 1849.

Subject: Social Studies (4 - 5), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Move the Cherokee PeopleDescription: During this lesson, students will explore facts about the Cherokee people, their history, their culture, and their future. This lesson will help students begin to realize how the actions of our predecessors affected people in the past and today. The Internet will be used as a research tool to help students learn more about the Trail of Tears. Students will also have the opportunity to produce a slideshow presentation to share their new knowledge about the Trail of Tears.

Title: "Moments in Time" Lines
Description:
This lesson will give students the opportunity to share important events in their lives while learning to make a timeline.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (3) 2: Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text. [RL.3.2]

Subject: English Language Arts (3), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: "Moments in Time" LinesDescription: This lesson will give students the opportunity to share important events in their lives while learning to make a timeline.

Title: Creating State Brochures
Description:
Students will work in pairs to research online and/or in print a chosen state and create a travel brochure incorporating the information gathered.
Standard(s):

Subject: English Language Arts (3 - 5), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Creating State BrochuresDescription: Students will work in pairs to research online and/or in print a chosen state and create a travel brochure incorporating the information gathered.

Title: Because of Winn-Dixie: A New Point of View
Description:
This is a language arts lesson concentrating on point of view and narrative writing. Using the novel Because of Winn-Dixie, by Kate DiCamillo, students practice retelling part of a story from another point of view.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 1: Use input and output devices of technology systems.

Subject: English Language Arts (3), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Because of Winn-Dixie: A New Point of ViewDescription: This is a language arts lesson concentrating on point of view and narrative writing. Using the novel Because of Winn-Dixie, by Kate DiCamillo, students practice retelling part of a story from another point of view.

Title: Learning about Cinquains
Description:
After reading/hearing Junie B. First Grader Cheater Pants by Barbara Park and discussing the concept of cheating, following directions, and poetry, students write cinquains and publish a class booklet.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 8: Collect information from a variety of digital sources.

Subject: Character Education (K - 12), or English Language Arts (3), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Learning about CinquainsDescription: After reading/hearing Junie B. First Grader Cheater Pants by Barbara Park and discussing the concept of cheating, following directions, and poetry, students write cinquains and publish a class booklet.

Title: What Are Idioms?
Description:
After listening to More Parts by Tedd Arnold read aloud, intermediate school students distinguish between literal and figurative meaning by using a graphic organizer, playing an online game, and incorporating an idiom into their writing.
Standard(s):

Subject: English Language Arts (3 - 5), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: What Are Idioms?Description: After listening to More Parts by Tedd Arnold read aloud, intermediate school students distinguish between literal and figurative meaning by using a graphic organizer, playing an online game, and incorporating an idiom into their writing.

Title: Larger than Life
Description:
Students will write a tall tale narrative including larger than life characters with unusual skills or abilities using exaggeration, humor, surprise endings, and story elements (setting, characters, conflict, resolution).
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 10: Use digital environments to collaborate and communicate.

Title: Figurative Language
Description:
This lesson used a slideshow presentation to explain the difference between similes and metaphors. Students are challenged to identify these figurative elements in literature and then create some themselves.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 2: Use various technology applications, including word processing and multimedia software.

Subject: English Language Arts (4), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Figurative LanguageDescription: This lesson used a slideshow presentation to explain the difference between similes and metaphors. Students are challenged to identify these figurative elements in literature and then create some themselves.

Title: Multimedia Book Report
Description:
This lesson gives students a clear understanding of how to create a slide show presentation using PowerPoint. The students will use this information to create a slide show book report.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 8: Collect information from a variety of digital sources.

Subject: English Language Arts (4), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Multimedia Book ReportDescription: This lesson gives students a clear understanding of how to create a slide show presentation using PowerPoint. The students will use this information to create a slide show book report.

Title: How Do Citizens Make Government Work?
Description:
This five-session unit will provide hands-on opportunities for students to explore local, state and national governments. In the process, students will use technology and print media to learn about the leaders of each level of government and explore citizenship as a way to make a difference in their communities and nation.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 12: Create a product using digital tools.

Subject: Character Education (K - 12), or English Language Arts (3), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: How Do Citizens Make Government Work?Description: This five-session unit will provide hands-on opportunities for students to explore local, state and national governments. In the process, students will use technology and print media to learn about the leaders of each level of government and explore citizenship as a way to make a difference in their communities and nation.

Title: Antarctic Adventures!
Description:
This month-long ongoing lesson will give the students opportunities to learn more about Antarctica. They will investigate and research specific information and use it to create a notebook and an information table.
Standard(s): [SS2010] GHS (3) 2: Locate the continents on a map or globe

Subject: Credit Recovery Science (3 - 4), or Science (3), or Social Studies (3), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Antarctic Adventures!Description: This month-long ongoing lesson will give the students opportunities to learn more about Antarctica. They will investigate and research specific information and use it to create a notebook and an information table.

Title: Washington, DC Report
Description:
Students will utilize the Internet to complete the DC Report during their study of Colonial American history and Washington, DC. They will demonstrate their understanding of the material through a written report using the three modes of writing. (This report may be given in its entirety or it may be broken up into sections.)
Standard(s): [SS2010] USS5 (5) 5: Explain the early colonization of North America and reasons for settlement in the Northern, Middle, and Southern colonies, including geographic features, landforms, and differences in climate among the colonies.

Subject: English Language Arts (5), or Social Studies (5), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Washington, DC ReportDescription: Students will utilize the Internet to complete the DC Report during their study of Colonial American history and Washington, DC. They will demonstrate their understanding of the material through a written report using the three modes of writing. (This report may be given in its entirety or it may be broken up into sections.)

Title: Producing Multimedia Products in Grades 3-5
Description:
In this lesson, students, working individually or in groups, will combine two or more media elements to produce projects or presentations. Various elements the teacher and students will consider using are; text, digital cameras, scanners, sound, and video.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 11: Use digital tools to analyze authentic problems.

Subject: English Language Arts (3 - 4), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Producing Multimedia Products in Grades 3-5Description: In this lesson, students, working individually or in groups, will combine two or more media elements to produce projects or presentations. Various elements the teacher and students will consider using are; text, digital cameras, scanners, sound, and video.

Title: Powerful Presentations
Description:
This lesson provides teachers with a step-by-step guide for teaching students how to produce a multimedia presentation. A detailed slideshow is included to give the teacher and students a visual guide to work with during the lesson. Students will develop many computer skills during this lesson. In addition, the ability to create multimedia presentations can be useful across the curriculum for a variety of projects.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 11: Use digital tools to analyze authentic problems.

Subject: Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Powerful PresentationsDescription: This lesson provides teachers with a step-by-step guide for teaching students how to produce a multimedia presentation. A detailed slideshow is included to give the teacher and students a visual guide to work with during the lesson. Students will develop many computer skills during this lesson. In addition, the ability to create multimedia presentations can be useful across the curriculum for a variety of projects.

Title: The Earth's Changing Surface
Description:
During this unit, students will identify the various landforms found on the earth's surface. Also, students will describe how these landforms are created and changed by the natural forces within the earth and on its surface, as well as the unnatural impact of humans. Finally, students will create a slide presentation to display this information.
Standard(s): [SS2010] GHS (3) 3: Describe ways the environment is affected by humans in Alabama and the world. (Alabama)

Subject: Credit Recovery Science (3), or Science (4), or Social Studies (3), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: The Earth's Changing SurfaceDescription: During this unit, students will identify the various landforms found on the earth's surface. Also, students will describe how these landforms are created and changed by the natural forces within the earth and on its surface, as well as the unnatural impact of humans. Finally, students will create a slide presentation to display this information.

Title: My Most Memorable Experience
Description:
In this lesson, each student will write a narrative story about his/her most memorable experience. Students will develop the narrative writing mode and create a brochure using desktop publishing software.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 2: Use various technology applications, including word processing and multimedia software.

Subject: English Language Arts (4), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: My Most Memorable ExperienceDescription: In this lesson, each student will write a narrative story about his/her most memorable experience. Students will develop the narrative writing mode and create a brochure using desktop publishing software.

Title: Looking at Conestoga Wagons
Description:
This lesson combines information literacy and technology skills with subject area skills. It is designed to be a collaborative effort between the classroom teacher and the school librarian. The topic of conestoga wagons is reseached from the perspective of a scientist, mathematician, English teacher, artist, geographer, engineer, or historian.
Standard(s):

Subject: English Language Arts (5), or Information Literacy (K - 12), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Looking at Conestoga WagonsDescription: This lesson combines information literacy and technology skills with subject area skills. It is designed to be a collaborative effort between the classroom teacher and the school librarian. The topic of conestoga wagons is reseached from the perspective of a scientist, mathematician, English teacher, artist, geographer, engineer, or historian.

Title: Character Education - Integrity
Description:
The purpose of this lesson is to identify some of the skills and attitudes that are essential for solving problems effectively. This lesson will be implemented as part of a character education unit on integrity. The meaning of integrity is investigated and discussed through the use of research skills, open-ended discussions, digital photography, and cooperative learning experiences.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 8: Collect information from a variety of digital sources.

Subject: Character Education (K - 12), or English Language Arts (3), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Character Education - IntegrityDescription: The purpose of this lesson is to identify some of the skills and attitudes that are essential for solving problems effectively. This lesson will be implemented as part of a character education unit on integrity. The meaning of integrity is investigated and discussed through the use of research skills, open-ended discussions, digital photography, and cooperative learning experiences.

Title: Character Education - Respect for Self, Property, Others and The Environment
Description:
This lesson will be implemented as part of a character education unit on respect for self, property, others and the environment, an essential quality of good character. Students will apply research skills, open-ended discussions, keyboarding skills, digital photography, and cooperative learning experiences to investigate and internalize the meaning of respect. This lesson will also aid students in understanding how respect is viewed in other cultures.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 8: Collect information from a variety of digital sources.

Subject: Character Education (K - 12), or English Language Arts (4), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Character Education - Respect for Self, Property, Others and The EnvironmentDescription: This lesson will be implemented as part of a character education unit on respect for self, property, others and the environment, an essential quality of good character. Students will apply research skills, open-ended discussions, keyboarding skills, digital photography, and cooperative learning experiences to investigate and internalize the meaning of respect. This lesson will also aid students in understanding how respect is viewed in other cultures.

Title: Let's Eat: An Expository Slideshow Presentation
Description:
Students will write a three-paragraph essay explaining the steps necessary to follow a recipe, and then present and serve the recipe to their classmates.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 10: Use digital environments to collaborate and communicate.

Subject: English Language Arts (5), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Let's Eat: An Expository Slideshow PresentationDescription: Students will write a three-paragraph essay explaining the steps necessary to follow a recipe, and then present and serve the recipe to their classmates.

Title: What's Your Style?
Description:
Through collaboration with the art teacher and library media specialist, students will use various electronic information sources to research an artist and discover the style of the artist through examination of the artist's work. Students will create their own miniatures in the style of their artist. A poster will be used to present their research information and miniatures. The art teacher will provide instruction concerning the basic concepts of presentation using a poster.
Standard(s): [AED] VA (3) 9: Contrast artistic styles of various cultures, times, and places.

Subject: Arts Education (3), or Information Literacy (K - 12), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: What's Your Style?Description: Through collaboration with the art teacher and library media specialist, students will use various electronic information sources to research an artist and discover the style of the artist through examination of the artist's work. Students will create their own miniatures in the style of their artist. A poster will be used to present their research information and miniatures. The art teacher will provide instruction concerning the basic concepts of presentation using a poster.

Subject: Languages Other Than English (Foreign Languages) (3 - 12), or Technology Education (3 - 12) Title: Spanish Travel BrochuresDescription: Students will incorporate information from Internet research in creating original travel brochures for Spanish speaking countries using word processing or publishing software. Students could alternatively create wikis or podcasts.

Title: Animal Adaptations
Description:
Students use technology tools to research and produce a multimedia product on animals and their habitats. This a collaborative project involving the library media specialist, classroom teacher, and special education teacher.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 2: Use various technology applications, including word processing and multimedia software.

Subject: Credit Recovery Science (4), or Science (3), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Animal AdaptationsDescription: Students use technology tools to research and produce a multimedia product on animals and their habitats. This a collaborative project involving the library media specialist, classroom teacher, and special education teacher.

Title: Dream Vacation
Description:
This unit teaches students to plan a trip with an itinerary, remain within a budget, and work cooperatively. It is a technology-based project that combines a study of mathematics, economics, geography, and social studies.
Standard(s): [MA2015] (4) 9: Fluently add and subtract multi-digit whole numbers using the standard algorithm. [4-NBT4]

Subject: Information Literacy (K - 12), or Mathematics (4 - 5), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Dream VacationDescription: This unit teaches students to plan a trip with an itinerary, remain within a budget, and work cooperatively. It is a technology-based project that combines a study of mathematics, economics, geography, and social studies.

Title: Better Living Through Science
Description:
This lesson involves research on scientists whose accomplishments have impacted areas of nutrition, sanitation, or health care. Students will research an area of their choice, record information on a graphic organizer, and use the information to write a five-paragraph narrative essay to present to the class.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 8: Collect information from a variety of digital sources.

Subject: English Language Arts (4 - 5), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Better Living Through ScienceDescription: This lesson involves research on scientists whose accomplishments have impacted areas of nutrition, sanitation, or health care. Students will research an area of their choice, record information on a graphic organizer, and use the information to write a five-paragraph narrative essay to present to the class.

Title: "Dear Santa, It's Me!"
Description:
In this lesson students will become familiar with a digital camera and will increase word processing and keyboarding skills by writing a friendly letter to Santa.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 2: Use various technology applications, including word processing and multimedia software.

Subject: English Language Arts (3 - 4), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: "Dear Santa, It's Me!"Description: In this lesson students will become familiar with a digital camera and will increase word processing and keyboarding skills by writing a friendly letter to Santa.

Title: The Big Dropper – The Life Cycle of a Raindrop
Description:
Students will research the Internet, Alabama Virtual Library, online and printed encyclopedias, and other reference material to gather information on the water cycle. Students will then use the gathered data to create a slideshow presentation and a newsletter demonstrating their understanding of the water cycle.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 8: Collect information from a variety of digital sources.

Subject: English Language Arts (4), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: The Big Dropper – The Life Cycle of a RaindropDescription: Students will research the Internet, Alabama Virtual Library, online and printed encyclopedias, and other reference material to gather information on the water cycle. Students will then use the gathered data to create a slideshow presentation and a newsletter demonstrating their understanding of the water cycle.

Title: Digital Slideshows: PowerPoint for the Novice
Description:
Students will learn how to use presentation software to enhance learning. Student-created digital slideshow presentations can span the curriculum. Each student will prepare a presentation in one of the following curriculum areas: reading/literature, mathematics, social studies, or science. The presentations will be created in the classroom or in the technology/computer lab. Students will access the Internet, Alabama Virtual Library, and local libraries for their information.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 10: Use digital environments to collaborate and communicate.

Subject: English Language Arts (4 - 5), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Digital Slideshows: PowerPoint for the NoviceDescription: Students will learn how to use presentation software to enhance learning. Student-created digital slideshow presentations can span the curriculum. Each student will prepare a presentation in one of the following curriculum areas: reading/literature, mathematics, social studies, or science. The presentations will be created in the classroom or in the technology/computer lab. Students will access the Internet, Alabama Virtual Library, and local libraries for their information.

Title: Did You Hear the News?
Description:
After studying about the differences between the North and South prior to the Civil War and how Alabama decided to secede from the Union, students will write a newspaper article on this important decision. They will go back in time and imagine they lived in Alabama as a journalist in the year of 1861. The articles will be published in newspaper format using Microsoft Publisher and distributed.
Standard(s): [SS2010] ALA (4) 7: Explain reasons for Alabama's secession from the Union, including sectionalism, slavery, states' rights, and economic disagreements.

Subject: English Language Arts (4), or Social Studies (4), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Did You Hear the News?Description: After studying about the differences between the North and South prior to the Civil War and how Alabama decided to secede from the Union, students will write a newspaper article on this important decision. They will go back in time and imagine they lived in Alabama as a journalist in the year of 1861. The articles will be published in newspaper format using Microsoft Publisher and distributed.

Title: Capturing A Moment In Time
Description:
This lesson allows the students to explore imagery poetry through the use of a digital camera. The students visualize an imagery poem then look at a painting that pays tribute to the poem. Then the students think of a moment in time important to them, take a picture that represents it, and write a poem about it.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (4) 5: Explain major differences among poems, drama, and prose, and refer to the structural elements of poems (e.g., verse, rhythm, meter) and drama (e.g., casts of characters, settings, descriptions, dialogue, stage directions) when writing or speaking about a text. [RL.4.5]

Subject: English Language Arts (4), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Capturing A Moment In TimeDescription: This lesson allows the students to explore imagery poetry through the use of a digital camera. The students visualize an imagery poem then look at a painting that pays tribute to the poem. Then the students think of a moment in time important to them, take a picture that represents it, and write a poem about it.

Title: Famous Alabamians: Helping Me Learn How I, Too, Can Make a Difference!
Description:
In this unit, students will work to create their choice of a presentation on an Alabama citizen who has made a difference in the state, as well as the nation.
Standard(s): [SS2010] ALA (4) 15: Identify major world events that influenced Alabama since 1950, including the Korean Conflict, the Cold War, the Vietnam War, the Persian Gulf War, and the War on Terrorism.

Title: Social Studies 3rd Grade Career Day
Description:
The students will develop an understanding of specialized work and learn more about a career they choose to research. The students will use a digital camera and scanner to enhance their career notebook/portfolios. The students will use various sources to gather, interpret, and analyze information.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 12: Create a product using digital tools.

Subject: Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Social Studies 3rd Grade Career Day
Description: The students will develop an understanding of specialized work and learn more about a career they choose to research. The students will use a digital camera and scanner to enhance their career notebook/portfolios. The students will use various sources to gather, interpret, and analyze information.

Title: Picturing Parts of Speech
Description:
For this lesson students use digital cameras to take pictures which illustrate various parts of speech, then insert the pictures into a digital slideshow presentation and write sentences about the pictures.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (4) 38: Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. [L.4.1]

Subject: English Language Arts (3 - 4), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Picturing Parts of SpeechDescription: For this lesson students use digital cameras to take pictures which illustrate various parts of speech, then insert the pictures into a digital slideshow presentation and write sentences about the pictures.

Title: Writing Thank-You Notes
Description:
This lesson teaches students to write thank-you note using the writing process. Students will draft, revise, edit, and publish their thank-you notes. They will use a computer to view examples of thank-you notes and insert graphics into their own published thank-you notes.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (3) 38: Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. [L.3.2]

Subject: English Language Arts (3), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Writing Thank-You NotesDescription: This lesson teaches students to write thank-you note using the writing process. Students will draft, revise, edit, and publish their thank-you notes. They will use a computer to view examples of thank-you notes and insert graphics into their own published thank-you notes.

Title: Symbols of Freedom
Description:
This lesson is a technology-based social studies inquiry into patriotic symbols. Students will apply their research skills in an independent investigation of United States patriotic symbols. The students will incorporate their newly acquired knowledge into a digital slideshow presentation to be shared with their peers.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 12: Create a product using digital tools.

Subject: Character Education (K - 12), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Symbols of FreedomDescription: This lesson is a technology-based social studies inquiry into patriotic symbols. Students will apply their research skills in an independent investigation of United States patriotic symbols. The students will incorporate their newly acquired knowledge into a digital slideshow presentation to be shared with their peers.

Title: Look at me!
Description:
Students will write an autobiography and use pictures of themselves from past and present to illustrate it.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (3) 38: Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. [L.3.2]

Subject: English Language Arts (3), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Look at me!Description: Students will write an autobiography and use pictures of themselves from past and present to illustrate it.

Title: Forces That Change the Land
Description:
Students will use websites and other resources to find information about the following landforms: mountains, canyons, and valleys.
Standard(s): [SS2010] GHS (3) 2: Locate the continents on a map or globe

Subject: Social Studies (3), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Forces That Change the LandDescription: Students will use websites and other resources to find information about the following landforms: mountains, canyons, and valleys.

ALEX Learning Activities

Title: Minecraft Building
Digital Tool:
Minecraft Web Address URL:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/minecraft-pocket-edition/id479516143?mt=8 Standard(s):
[ELA2015] (4) 3: Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character's thoughts, words, or actions). [RL.4.3]Digital Tool Description: Minecraft is a tool where students can demonstrate their knowledge and creativity by building their own virtual world, and keep a journal where they discuss their character, setting, and specific details that have taken place inside their digital world.

Title:Minecraft BuildingDigital Tool: MinecraftDigital Tool Description: Minecraft is a tool where students can demonstrate their knowledge and creativity by building their own virtual world, and keep a journal where they discuss their character, setting, and specific details that have taken place inside their digital world.

Title: Making Inanimate Objects Talk
Digital Tool:
ChatterPix Kids app Web Address URL:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/chatterpix-kids-by-duck-duck/id734046126?mt=8 Standard(s):
[TC2] CA2 (9-12) 6: Utilize advanced features of multimedia software, including image, video, and audio editing.Digital Tool Description: Using any image from your device camera roll, draw a mouth and record informational text to produce a fun, informative, short video. The app is appropriate for ages 5-95. No account is required and work can be exported to the device camera roll. Once the app is installed on the device, no internet connection is required.

Title:Making Inanimate Objects TalkDigital Tool: ChatterPix Kids appDigital Tool Description: Using any image from your device camera roll, draw a mouth and record informational text to produce a fun, informative, short video. The app is appropriate for ages 5-95. No account is required and work can be exported to the device camera roll. Once the app is installed on the device, no internet connection is required.

Title: Comparing and Contrasting
Digital Tool:
Venn Diagram Web Address URL:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/venn-diagram/id666981188?mt=8 Standard(s):
[TC2] (6-8) 11: Use digital tools and strategies to locate, collect, organize, evaluate, and synthesize
information.Digital Tool Description: The Venn diagram app allows students to compare and contrast any topic. The diagram can then be saved to the camera roll on the iPad as well as emailed as a PDF file.

Title:Comparing and Contrasting Digital Tool: Venn Diagram Digital Tool Description: The Venn diagram app allows students to compare and contrast any topic. The diagram can then be saved to the camera roll on the iPad as well as emailed as a PDF file.

Title: The Whipping Boy Word Cloud
Digital Tool:
Wordle Web Address URL:
http://www.wordle.net/ Standard(s):
[ELA2015] (3) 3: Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events. [RL.3.3]Digital Tool Description:
This is an interactive website that allows students to generate a word cloud with text provided. The clouds give greater importance to words that appear more frequently in the source text.

Title:The Whipping Boy Word CloudDigital Tool: WordleDigital Tool Description:
This is an interactive website that allows students to generate a word cloud with text provided. The clouds give greater importance to words that appear more frequently in the source text.

Title:Glog About It!Digital Tool: GlogsterDigital Tool Description: Glogster allows users to create virtual posters by adding text, web links, videos, photos, animations, etc., to a "glog." Teachers can add students and access their accounts to see and grade their glogs.

Title: Trail of Tears in American History
Digital Tool:
National Park Service DVD of Trail of Tears Web Address URL:
http://www.nps.gov/trte/photosmultimedia/dvd.htm Standard(s):
[SS2010] USS5 (5) 3: Distinguish differences among major American Indian cultures in North America according to geographic region, natural resources, community organization, economy, and belief systems.Digital Tool Description: This video can be used as an introduction into the study of the Trail of Tears. It will provide students with a connection to how the Native Americans must have felt during the Cherokee Indian removal when the Native Americans were forced to move westward from Southeastern United States.

Title:Trail of Tears in American HistoryDigital Tool: National Park Service DVD of Trail of Tears Digital Tool Description: This video can be used as an introduction into the study of the Trail of Tears. It will provide students with a connection to how the Native Americans must have felt during the Cherokee Indian removal when the Native Americans were forced to move westward from Southeastern United States.

Title: Become a Sailor in the 19th Century
Digital Tool:
A Sailor's Life for Me- Interactive Game Web Address URL:
http://www.asailorslifeforme.org/ironsides.php Standard(s):
[ELA2015] (6) 20: By the end of the year, read and comprehend literary nonfiction in the Grades 6-8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. [RI.6.10]Digital Tool Description: A Sailor's Life for Me is an interactive game to help teach students what life was like aboard a 19th century sailing ship. Students must answer a series of questions to see if they could be sailors, they must purchase their clothing, and survive the voyage.

Title:Become a Sailor in the 19th CenturyDigital Tool: A Sailor's Life for Me- Interactive GameDigital Tool Description: A Sailor's Life for Me is an interactive game to help teach students what life was like aboard a 19th century sailing ship. Students must answer a series of questions to see if they could be sailors, they must purchase their clothing, and survive the voyage.

Title: Interactive Plot Diagram
Digital Tool:
Plot Diagram Web Address URL:
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/plot-diagram/ Standard(s):
[ELA2015] (12) 33: Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual, and interactive elements) in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest. [SL.11-12.5]Digital Tool Description: This organizational tool for grades K-12 uses the plot diagram pyramid to map events in a story. You can choose beginning, middle, and end for younger learners or exposition, climax, and resolution for older learners. The mapping tool allows readers to recreate a story you have taught in class, or writers to map out the ideas for an original piece.

Title:Interactive Plot DiagramDigital Tool: Plot DiagramDigital Tool Description: This organizational tool for grades K-12 uses the plot diagram pyramid to map events in a story. You can choose beginning, middle, and end for younger learners or exposition, climax, and resolution for older learners. The mapping tool allows readers to recreate a story you have taught in class, or writers to map out the ideas for an original piece.

ALEX Multimedia

Title: Habitat Chat: Grasslands
Overview:
This student led and narrated podcast explores the grassland biome or habitat. Students will learn some examples of species, landforms, and about how animals can adapt to this biome. Although the podcast is narrated, there is plenty of information and pictures included for the students to access more details. Standard(s):
[SC2015] (2) 7: Obtain information from literature and other media to illustrate that there
are many different kinds of living things and that they exist in different places on land and in water (e.g., woodland, tundra, desert, rainforest, ocean, river).

Habitat Chat: GrasslandsOverview:This student led and narrated podcast explores the grassland biome or habitat. Students will learn some examples of species, landforms, and about how animals can adapt to this biome. Although the podcast is narrated, there is plenty of information and pictures included for the students to access more details.

Title: Habitat Chat: Woodlands
Overview:
This student led and narrated podcast explores the woodland biome or habitat. Students will learn some examples of species, landforms, and about how animals can adapt to this biome. Although the podcast is narrated, there is plenty of information and pictures included for the students to access more details. Standard(s):
[SC2015] (2) 7: Obtain information from literature and other media to illustrate that there
are many different kinds of living things and that they exist in different places on land and in water (e.g., woodland, tundra, desert, rainforest, ocean, river).

Habitat Chat: WoodlandsOverview:This student led and narrated podcast explores the woodland biome or habitat. Students will learn some examples of species, landforms, and about how animals can adapt to this biome. Although the podcast is narrated, there is plenty of information and pictures included for the students to access more details.

Title: Habitat Chat: Swamps
Overview:
This student led and narrated podcast explores the swamp biome or habitat. Students will learn some examples of species, landforms, and about how animals can adapt to this biome. Although the podcast is narrated, there is plenty of information and pictures included for students to access more details. Standard(s):
[SC2015] (2) 7: Obtain information from literature and other media to illustrate that there
are many different kinds of living things and that they exist in different places on land and in water (e.g., woodland, tundra, desert, rainforest, ocean, river).

Habitat Chat: SwampsOverview:This student led and narrated podcast explores the swamp biome or habitat. Students will learn some examples of species, landforms, and about how animals can adapt to this biome. Although the podcast is narrated, there is plenty of information and pictures included for students to access more details.

Title: Habitat Chat: Deserts
Overview:
This student led and narrated podcast explores the desert biome or habitat. Students will learn some examples of species, landforms, and about how animals can adapt to this biome. Although the podcast is narrated, there is plenty of information and pictures included for the students to access more details. Standard(s):
[SC2015] (2) 7: Obtain information from literature and other media to illustrate that there
are many different kinds of living things and that they exist in different places on land and in water (e.g., woodland, tundra, desert, rainforest, ocean, river).

Habitat Chat: DesertsOverview:This student led and narrated podcast explores the desert biome or habitat. Students will learn some examples of species, landforms, and about how animals can adapt to this biome. Although the podcast is narrated, there is plenty of information and pictures included for the students to access more details.

Title: Habitat Chat: Rainforest
Overview:
This student led and narrated podcast explores the rainforest biome or habitat. Students will learn some examples of species, landforms, and about how animals can adapt to this biome. Althought the podcast is narrated, there is plenty of information and pictures included for the students to access more details. Standard(s):
[SC2015] (2) 7: Obtain information from literature and other media to illustrate that there
are many different kinds of living things and that they exist in different places on land and in water (e.g., woodland, tundra, desert, rainforest, ocean, river).

Habitat Chat: RainforestOverview:This student led and narrated podcast explores the rainforest biome or habitat. Students will learn some examples of species, landforms, and about how animals can adapt to this biome. Althought the podcast is narrated, there is plenty of information and pictures included for the students to access more details.

Title: Kids InfoBits--AVL Basic Search
Overview:
In the first of the series, this podcast provides a tutorial on how to use the basic search function in the Kids InfoBits database of the Alabama Virtual Library. Items discussed include an overview of the categories within the database, narrowing search results, and using information to create products in the elementary classroom. An example of a project-based assessment is included within the podcast. Standard(s):
[TC2] (3-5) 10: Use digital environments to collaborate and communicate.

Kids InfoBits--AVL Basic SearchOverview:In the first of the series, this podcast provides a tutorial on how to use the basic search function in the Kids InfoBits database of the Alabama Virtual Library. Items discussed include an overview of the categories within the database, narrowing search results, and using information to create products in the elementary classroom. An example of a project-based assessment is included within the podcast.

Title: AVL--Literature Resources from Gale
Overview:
In the second of the series, this podcast provides a tutorial on how to use the basic search function in the Literature Resources from Gale database of the Alabama Virtual Library. Items discussed include an overview of the basic search screen, narrowing search results, and using information to create products in the elementary classroom. An example of a project-based assessment is included within the podcast. Standard(s):
[TC2] (6-8) 12: Use digital tools to communicate and collaborate at all levels from interpersonal to global.

AVL--Literature Resources from GaleOverview:In the second of the series, this podcast provides a tutorial on how to use the basic search function in the Literature Resources from Gale database of the Alabama Virtual Library. Items discussed include an overview of the basic search screen, narrowing search results, and using information to create products in the elementary classroom. An example of a project-based assessment is included within the podcast.

Title: Give Us Hope For Education
Overview:
An open letter to President Barak Obama and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan requesting changes in the way education is funded. Create by the students of Ann Marie Corgill. Music used with permission. Standard(s):
[TC2] (3-5) 2: Use various technology applications, including word processing and multimedia software.

Give Us Hope For EducationOverview:An open letter to President Barak Obama and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan requesting changes in the way education is funded. Create by the students of Ann Marie Corgill. Music used with permission.